Plas Farm, Bwthyn Y Saer Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3JQ
Approved on 20 January 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Micro hydroelectric installation (25kw) including intake structure, underground and overground pipeline, turbine, electrical control system and buried electrical cable (existing outfall and detached turbine house serving existing adjacent hydro scheme to be used by the proposed scheme)
- Received
- 14 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Rhos
- Agent
- Elements Energy Ltd
- ReceivedReceived14 Nov
- ValidatedValidated1 Dec
- Consult.Consultation23 Dec
- TargetTarget Date25 Jan
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Plas Farm, Bwthyn Y Saer Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3JQ. Neath has handled 1,575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Neath's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Rhos. We hold 78 applications in total for the SA8 postcode area.
97% of full applications at Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SA8 3JQ
- Application type
- Full Plans
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cilybebyll Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 23 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 25 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 January 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Elements Energy Ltd
- Agent address
- 17 Caynham Avenue Penarth CF64 5RR
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Rhodri Griffiths
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 4 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 25 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14235203
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
Source: Neath
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