Nant Helen Surface Mine Coelbren Neath Powys Data via plota.co.uk

25/0320/SO - Screening Opinion Under Consultation

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6(1) of Town & County Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017 in relation to a Section 73 application seeking to vary conditions associated with the approved planning permission (alterations to the restoration strategy) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Feb 2025
✓
Validated
3 Mar 2025
Decision
Target date was 24 Mar 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 604.

Site constraints 3

SSSI about 166 m away: Nant Llech
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
National park about 163 m away: Brecon Beacons; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 19 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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
Powys
Application type
Screening Opinion
Received
28 Feb 2025
Validated
3 Mar 2025
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Mar 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 604, past the statutory target. 95% of eia screening and scoping opinions in Powys are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 25 Oct 2026.

Day 604548 days past the 56-day target
87%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
1,984decided in the last year

Plota live figures for eia screening and scoping opinions decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent eia screening and scoping opinions in Powys to go on. Powys decision record →

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