Pound Farm Lane (200 MW battery storage)
Pound Farm Lane is a 200 MW battery storage project in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 28 November 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 12 December 2025.
200 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
12 December 2025record last updated
Rhondda Cynon Tafcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 November 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 12 December 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Pulse Clean Energy
- Planning authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Planning application reference
- 25/1231/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Pound Farm Lane, Tonteg, Pontypridd
- Council area (by location)
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Name in REPD
- Pound Farm Lane - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 20012
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pound Farm Lane 21/1492/10 | 30 | 8 November 2021 | refused 4 April 2022 |
Who decides
| Applications | Rhondda Cynon Taf | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 34 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (15%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 13 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 15 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 28.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maes Mawr Solar | solar farm | 30 | under construction | 1.0 |
| Berthlwyd Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.4 |
| Twyn Hywel Wind Farm | wind farm | 92.4 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Solar Array at Bryntail Road | solar farm | 39.9 | application submitted | 3.1 |
| Llanwonno Wind Farm | battery storage | 30 | application submitted | 4.3 |
| Llanwonno Wind Farm | solar farm | 30.7 | application submitted | 4.3 |
| Llanwonno Wind Farm | wind farm | 30.4 | application submitted | 4.3 |
| Cwm Ivor Penyrheol Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| National Road, Cilfynydd | battery storage | 200 | application submitted | 6.2 |
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 (51.5722, -3.3029).