Tir Ger / Land Adjacent To Lon Pin, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli, LL53 7PH Data via plota.co.uk

C23/0338/38/LL - Full Planning Refused

Proposal

Cais llawn i osod paneli solar (PV) er mwyn creu fferm solar 4.99MW gyda datblygiadau cysylltiedig gan gynnwys creu mynedfa gerbydol newydd a thraciau mynediad, codi ffens, tirlunio, gosod 2 stesion newidydd i gasglu a dosbarthu trydan a grëir a gosod ceblau tanddaearol / Full application for the installation of a 4.99MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm with associated works including creation of a new vehicular access and access tracks, fencing, landscaping, install two containerised transformer stations to gather and export electricity created from the site and installation of underground cabling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
19 Apr 2023
✓
Validated
22 Dec 2023
✓
Committee
20 Oct 2025
✗
Refused
20 Oct 2025
✗
Appeal dismissed

Refused on 20 Oct 2025 · Pwyllgor Cynllunio / Planning Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Gwynedd Planning Committee on 20 Oct 2025.

Refused

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised refusal because the scheme would harm the landscape and the visual amenities of nearby residents.
  • The applicant highlighted renewable energy, farming, ecological, community and employment benefits, while the local member called for refusal.
  • Members voted to refuse the application because of landscape harm and significant harm to the visual amenities of a nearby property.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, debate, vote and reasons for refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of Gwynedd's committee minutes of 20 Oct 2025.

Documents 44

Other documents 22

PDF 07_03_2025-Gwybodaeth-Ychwanegol-Additional-Information-E00105-07-007-R02-mounting-system.pdf Supporting Documents · 19 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF 07_03_2025-Gwybodaeth-Ychwanegol-Additional-Information-LPSL-RPT-008-Welsh-Language-Stmt.pdf Supporting Documents · 19 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF 07_03_2025-Gwybodaeth-Ychwanegol-Additional-Information-LPSL-Letter-070325.pdf Supporting Documents · 19 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF 12191A-Lon-Pin-Solar-PV-Glint-and-Glare-Report-Part-2-of-2_docx.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF 12191A-Lon-Pin-Solar-PV-Glint-and-Glare-Report-Part-1-of-2_docx.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF LPSL-Decommissioning-Scheme-FinalV2-22_12_2023.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF WT-EDP-KA21207-Land-Llanbedrog-ALC-report.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r003-AHA1_7-Part10.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r003-AHA1_7-Part9.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r003-AHA1_7-Part8.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r003-AHA1_7-Part7.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r003-AHA1_7-Part6.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r003-AHA1_7-Part5.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r003-AHA1_7-Part4.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r003-AHA1_7-Part3.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r003-AHA1_7-Part2.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r003-AHA1_7-Part1.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r002-Part2.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r002-Part1.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r001-Part3.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r001-Part2.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗ PDF edp2777-r001-Part1.pdf Supporting Documents · 12 Jan 2024 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Wern Fawr, Grade II*, about 2 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 26 September 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 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
Gwynedd
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
LL53 7PH
Received
19 Apr 2023
Validated
22 Dec 2023
Ward
Llanbedrog gyda Mynytho
Parish
Llanbedrog
Case officer
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Target decision
4 Apr 2025
Decision
Refused
Decision date
20 Oct 2025
Decision level
Pwyllgor Cynllunio / Planning Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 668 days from validation, 506 days slower than Gwynedd's median of 162 for full applications. Refused, as 16% of full applications here are.

14%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
12%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
9 Apr 2025
Statutory expiry
4 Apr 2025