Every time an application for a large wind farm or solar farm is submitted to the Welsh Planning Department (PEDW), a long and complicated process is kicked off. Many Welsh government bodies and other official organisations have to be consulted for each application. The organisations consulted typically include the local council – planning experts, ecologists, […]
READ MOREThe application can also be viewed on the PEDW website at https://planningcasework.service.gov.wales/ using the reference DNS/3276725. A statutory consultation period has been advertised by PEDW to enable the public, as well as statutory consultees, to submit their comments on the proposal. Anyone wishing to submit a comment on the application should do so by 19 May 2025. […]
READ MOREThe Inspector has determined that there will be three days of Hearings to discuss those matters set out at Annex A of this Notice. The Hearings will be held virtually using MS Teams on the following dates: Tuesday 2 December 2025 at 10:00 hours – Landscape and Visual Impact – Public Rights of Way (Turbines […]
READ MORE(This is the covering email for the submission of our action group report). Cil Lonydd Solar Farm Reference: DNS CAS-02446-R8X8W2 To pedw.infrastructure@gov.wales For the urgent attention of the Inspector for the above case From: Chris Harris Dear Sir, Further Information documents were recently published on the PEDW casework portal regarding DNS CAS-02446-R8X8W2 – Cil-Lonhydd Solar […]
READ MOREVideo examples of turbine construction. The first video was taken during the construction of Glenough Wind Farm in Tipperary, Ireland. The turbines have a blade tip height of 125 metres, quite a bit smaller than those proposes for our mountain. Imagine this work, or something a little larger, thirteen times on the sensitive peat plateau…
READ MOREPennant-Walters has registered with PEDW an interest in building yet another wind farm on the mountain between Cwmbran, Abercarn and Newbridge, in addition to their Trecelyn proposals.
READ MOREIn 2019 various organisations were consulted about the Draft National Development Framework (NDF).
READ MOREThere are now 4 large scale industrial energy parks planned for the mountain between Cwmbran and Newbridge. That is three wind farms and one solar farm.
READ MOREThis is a testimony from someone who has lived next to a wind farm for some years.
READ MOREMr Matt Davies, a regular runner on Mynydd Maen, has started an online petition asking the Senedd Welsh Parliament to reject the wind farm proposals
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