Land Off Pound Farm Lane, Upper Boat, Pontypridd
Approved on 20 January 2026
Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Request for Screening Opinion for proposed erection of 200MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on land off Pound Farm Lane, Upper Boat, Pontypridd
- Received
- 18 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Ton-Teg
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date21 Jan
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land Off Pound Farm Lane, Upper Boat, Pontypridd. Rhondda has handled 592 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Rhondda's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Ton-Teg.
81% of outline applications at Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- EIA Screening/Scoping
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 21 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lichfields
- Agent address
- Helmont House Churchill Way Cardiff CF10 2HE
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Kaylea Northam
- Statutory period
- 64 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Source: Rhondda
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