Land at Lltty Morphil Farm (5 MW solar farm)
Land at Lltty Morphil Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Swansea, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 24 March 2020.
5 MWsolar farm
abandonedstatus in REPD
24 March 2020record last updated
Swanseacouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 July 2015 | Application submitted |
| 19 November 2015 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 4 January 2016 | Appeal lodged |
| 10 May 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 10 May 2016 | Appeal allowed |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 24 March 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Kronos Solar
- Planning authority
- Swansea
- Planning application reference
- 2015/1529
- Appeal reference
- APP/B6855/A/15/3139869
- Site area
- 8.9 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Llettyr Morfil Farm, , U/S-Y878, Felindre, Swansea, West Glamorgan
- Council area (by location)
- Swansea
- Time to decision
- 42 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5382
Who decides
| Applications | Swansea | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 9 (26%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 20 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 18.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lletty Scilp Farm, Swansea North | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Solar Farm at The E/O Pontlliw | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 0.5 |
| Abergelli Farm, Felindre | battery storage | 250 | application submitted | 0.7 |
| Abergelli Glas Solar Farm | solar farm | 7.7 | operational | 1.2 |
| Rhyd-y-Pandy Solar Farm | solar farm | 6 | operational | 1.4 |
| Bryntywod, Llangyfelach | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Gelliwern Isaf Farm | solar farm | 6 | operational | 2.5 |
| Gwenlais Solar Farm | solar farm | 16.3 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Castell Ddu Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 4.9 |
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 (51.6923, -3.9583).