Plots 5 Pengarnddu Industrial Estate Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2TA Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Change of Use of a building used for the storage of waste, plant and equipment to a renewable energy facility, including the construction of flue and ancillary works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jul 2026
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Consultation
14 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 3 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 92.

The consultation period closed on 4 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 5
Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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; SSSI about 302 m away: Mynyddoedd Llangynidr a Llangatwg, Cefn yr Ystrad a Chomin Merthyr; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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, 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

Application type
Full
Postcode
CF48 2TA
Received
9 Jul 2026
Validated
9 Jul 2026
Ward
DOWLAIS
Case officer
Show
Applicant
Show
Agent
Sophie Berry

Decision outlook

Day 92, past the statutory target. 72% of commercial premises in Merthyr Tydfil are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 6 Oct 2026.

Day 9236 days past the 56-day target
59%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Merthyr Tydfil in the last twelve months, from validation. Merthyr Tydfil decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
14 Jul 2026
Consultation
14 Jul 2026
Comments by
4 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No