Tir Nyth Soalr Park (5 MW solar farm)
Tir Nyth Soalr Park is a 5 MW solar farm project in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 31 March 2016; the record was last updated on 4 May 2016.
5 MWsolar farm
refusedstatus in REPD
4 May 2016record last updated
Merthyr Tydfilcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 July 2015 | Application submitted |
| 31 March 2016 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 4 May 2016
- Operator or applicant
- Global Renewable Construction
- Planning authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Planning application reference
- P/15/0254
- Site area
- 9.1 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Land To The South West (0.1 Km) Of Bryn Rhedyn And To The North (0.15 Km) Of Nant Y Fedw Farm Bedlinog
- Council area (by location)
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Time to decision
- 35 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5544
Who decides
Merthyr Tydfil has 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedlinog Wind Farm | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 2.2 |
| Gelligaer 'A' Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.8 | application withdrawn | 3.0 |
| Gelligaer 'B' Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.8 | application withdrawn | 3.0 |
| Hendai Farm | solar farm | 13.4 | operational | 3.9 |
| Land At Cwm Bargoed | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.4 |
| Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub | solar farm | 5 | refused | 7.4 |
| Convatec Green Manufacturing Hub | wind farm | 15 | refused | 7.4 |
| Wauntysswg Farm, near Tredagar | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 7.7 |
| National Road, Cilfynydd | battery storage | 200 | application submitted | 7.9 |
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 (51.6975, -3.3194).