Ty Asch Folly Lane Mamhilad Sir Fynwy NP4 8RB Data via plota.co.uk

26/24662/PAR - Prior Approval Required Approved

Proposal

A detached, single-storey, portal-frame forestry building specifically engineered for silvicultural operations. The structure features vertical timber or dark plastisol-coated steel profile cladding designed to blend with the adjacent woodland canopy line. The layout is optimized strictly for the secure, weather-tight storage of active forestry machinery, a mobile sawmill unit for primary processing of timber grown entirely on-site, and dedicated internal open-bay spacing for timber air-drying and seasoning. The design includes an ancillary, low-capacity biomass heating loop utilising only on-site forestry byproducts to maintain the stable ambient humidity levels legally and operationally required for specialized timber seasoning. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Jul 2026
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Approved
24 Jul 2026

Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Jul 2026

Documents 21

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Site constraints 5

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Usk
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Brecon Beacons National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
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 2; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
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 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
Prior Approval Required
Postcode
NP4 8RB
Received
1 Jul 2026
Validated
1 Jul 2026
Case officer
Show
Decision
Prior Approval Approved
Decision date
24 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 23 days from validation, 5 days faster than Brecon Beacons's median of 28 for agricultural works. Approved, as 81% of agricultural works here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
31decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Brecon Beacons in the last twelve months, from validation. Brecon Beacons decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No