Pen March Wind Farm (30 MW)
Pen March Wind Farm is a 30 MW wind farm project in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 3 March 2025; the record was last updated on 6 May 2025. It is decided by the Welsh Government as a development of national significance.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 October 2023 | Application submitted |
| 3 March 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- wind farm
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 6 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- RWE Renewables UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Welsh Government (NSIP)
- Planning application reference
- DNS/3253147
- Turbines
- 6
- Turbine height
- 180 m
- Address (REPD)
- Land north of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road, north-west of the small town of Rhymney and north-east of Merthyr Tydfil
- Council area (by location)
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Time to decision
- 71 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7859
Who decides
It is decided by the Welsh Government as a development of national significance. Welsh Government (NSIP) refused 22% of 55 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 67 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merthyr Common | wind farm | 24.3 | refused | 1.0 |
| Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub | wind farm | 15 | refused | 3.1 |
| Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub | solar farm | 5 | refused | 3.1 |
| Land At Cwm Bargoed | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.8 |
| Gelligaer 'B' Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.8 | application withdrawn | 6.5 |
| Gelligaer 'A' Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.8 | application withdrawn | 6.5 |
| Wauntysswg Farm, near Tredagar | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| Rassau Industrial Estate, Rassau | battery storage | 8 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| Rassau Industrial Estate | battery storage | 6 | under construction | 7.3 |
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 (51.7788, -3.3321).