Mamhilad Solar Farm (5 MW)
Mamhilad Solar Farm is a 5 MW solar farm project in Torfaen, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 12 February 2020; the record was last updated on 12 February 2020.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
12 February 2020record last updated
Torfaencouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 August 2015 | Application submitted |
| 22 December 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 January 2020 | Construction started |
| 12 February 2020 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 12 February 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Active Renewables
- Planning authority
- Torfaen
- Planning application reference
- 15/P/00436
- Site area
- 11.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land South of Little Mill Brickworks, Little Mill, Pontypool
- Council area (by location)
- Torfaen
- Time to decision
- 17 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5683
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land East of Panteg Way | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 3.8 |
| Land at Lower House Farm | solar farm | 8.1 | operational | 4.1 |
| Mynydd Maen Wind Farm | wind farm | 54.6 | application submitted | 6.2 |
| Penpergwm Solar Farm (Great House Farm) | solar farm | 32 | under construction | 9.5 |
| Eastern Site | solar farm | 5 | refused | 10.0 |
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 (51.7126, -2.9935).