Pant y Maen (17.5 MW wind farm)
Pant y Maen is a 17.5 MW wind farm project in Conwy, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 11 January 2018, not yet built; the record was last updated on 23 July 2015.
17.5 MWwind farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
23 July 2015record last updated
Conwycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 March 2015 | Application submitted |
| 14 September 2016 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 20 April 2017 | Appeal lodged |
| 11 January 2018 | Planning permission granted |
| 11 January 2018 | Appeal allowed |
| 14 January 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 17.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 23 July 2015
- Operator or applicant
- Gresham House
- Planning authority
- Denbighshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/2015/0321
- Appeal reference
- APP/R6830/A/17/3171058
- Turbines
- 7
- Turbine height
- 102 m
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adjacent To Llyn Bran, Bylchau, Denbigh, Clwyd
- Council area (by location)
- Conwy
- Time to decision
- 146 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- REPD reference
- 5166
Who decides
| Applications | Denbighshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 10 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (30%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 2 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 39.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorsedd Brân Wind Fram | wind farm | 35 | refused on appeal | 1.7 |
| Brenig Wind Farm | wind farm | 37.6 | operational | 2.9 |
| Tir Mostyn And Foel Goch Wind Farm | wind farm | 21.3 | operational | 3.5 |
| Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm | wind farm | 96 | operational | 6.3 |
| Llyn Alwen Wind Farm | wind farm | 19.3 | application withdrawn | 6.8 |
| Llys Dymper Wind Farm | wind farm | 23 | appeal withdrawn | 8.3 |
| Moel Rhiwlug Wind Farm | wind farm | 19.2 | application withdrawn | 9.3 |
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 (53.1177, -3.5438).