Land Off The A473 Tonteg CF38 1SU Data via plota.co.uk

25/0700/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Development of a temporary haul road for the construction of the adjacent synchronous capacitor site including associated drainage, engineering and landscaping works (Updated CTMP Rec. 09/09/25) (Drainage Statement Rec. 10/09/25) (Bat Report and Dormouse Report Rec. 22/10/25) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jun 2025
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Validated
22 Oct 2025
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Approved
13 Feb 2026

Approved on 13 Feb 2026 · Planning and Development Committee · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rhondda Planning and Development Committee on 29 Jan 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the road would enable vital infrastructure, with tree loss mitigated and benefits outweighing concerns.
  • An agent addressed the committee for five minutes.
Read how the committee decided The proposed haul road, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, speakers, conditions and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Rhondda's committee minutes of 29 Jan 2026.

Documents 39

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Associated applications 7

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 10 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Rhondda
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
CF38 1SU
Received
23 Jun 2025
Validated
22 Oct 2025
Ward
Ton-Teg
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Dec 2025
Decision
Approve
Decision date
13 Feb 2026
Decision level
Planning and Development Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lichfields

How this decision compares

Decided in 114 days from validation, 60 days slower than Rhondda's median of 54 for full applications. Approved, as 93% of full applications here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Rhondda in the last twelve months, from validation. Rhondda decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
13 Nov 2025
Committee
29 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No