Cwrt Henllys Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Cwrt Henllys Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Caerphilly, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 29 December 2016; the record was last updated on 30 June 2017.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
30 June 2017record last updated
Caerphillycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 July 2015 | Application submitted |
| 16 June 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 29 October 2016 | Construction started |
| 29 December 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 30 June 2017
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource Renewable Energy
- Planning authority
- Torfaen
- Planning application reference
- 15/P/00434
- Site area
- 14.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Church Farm, Cwm Lane, Henllys, Cwmbran
- Council area (by location)
- Caerphilly
- Time to decision
- 47 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5524
Who decides
Torfaen has 6 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentre Bach Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 2.9 |
| Mynydd Maen Wind Farm | wind farm | 54.6 | application submitted | 5.6 |
| Penrhiwarwydd Farm | solar farm | 8.5 | operational | 5.6 |
| Cwmcaesingrug Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 6.4 |
| Eastern Site | solar farm | 5 | refused | 6.8 |
| Trecelyn Wind Farm | wind farm | 20 | application submitted | 7.0 |
| Upper Pant-Ysgawen Farm, Maes-Yr-Haf Lane | battery storage | 28 | application submitted | 7.6 |
| Land East of Panteg Way | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 8.0 |
| Coal Pit Lane | solar | 5.3 | application withdrawn | 8.8 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.6214, -3.0794).