Land East of Panteg Way (5 MW solar farm)
Land East of Panteg Way is a 5 MW solar farm project in Torfaen, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 13 April 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
abandonedstatus in REPD
13 April 2016record last updated
Torfaencouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Application submitted |
| 22 December 2015 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 13 April 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Active Renewables
- Planning authority
- Torfaen
- Planning application reference
- 15/P/00437
- Site area
- 10.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land East of, Panteg Way, Pontypool
- Council area (by location)
- Torfaen
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5823
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mynydd Maen Wind Farm | wind farm | 54.6 | application submitted | 2.5 |
| Mamhilad Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.8 |
| Pentre Bach Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 6.5 |
| Eastern Site | solar farm | 5 | refused | 6.8 |
| Land at Lower House Farm | solar farm | 8.1 | operational | 7.6 |
| Cwrt Henllys Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.0 |
| Mynydd Llanhilleth Wind Farm | wind farm | 34 | application submitted | 9.6 |
| Upper Pant-Ysgawen Farm, Maes-Yr-Haf Lane | battery storage | 28 | application submitted | 9.6 |
| Trecelyn Wind Farm | wind farm | 20 | application submitted | 9.6 |
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 (51.681, -3.0142).