Ty’n y Waun Solar Farm (Bridgend Energy Hub) (40 MW)
Ty’n y Waun Solar Farm (Bridgend Energy Hub) is a 40 MW solar farm project in Bridgend, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 11 October 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 16 December 2024. It is decided by the Welsh Government as a development of national significance.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 June 2023 | Application submitted |
| 11 October 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 11 October 2029 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 16 December 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Cenin Renewables Limited
- Planning authority
- Welsh Government (NSIP)
- Planning application reference
- DNS/3279521
- Site area
- 40.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Btw Heol Laethog and Heol Y Cyw, Bridgend
- Council area (by location)
- Bridgend
- Time to decision
- 67 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Ty’n y Waun - Solar Farm (Bridgend Energy Hub)
- REPD reference
- 10299
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headwind Taff Ely Wind Farm (Repowering) | wind farm | 17.5 | permission expired | 4.3 |
| Mynydd Portref | wind farm | 9.4 | operational | 4.4 |
| Taff Ely Wind Farm | wind farm | 9 | operational | 4.8 |
| Pant y wal extension | wind farm | 20 | operational | 4.8 |
| Mynydd Portref Wind Farm extension | wind farm | 12 | operational | 5.2 |
| Trane Renewable Energy Park | wind farm | 11.9 | application withdrawn | 6.8 |
| Pant y Wal (Extension) | wind farm | 5 | approved, not built | 7.0 |
| Fforch Nest Wind Farm pt2 | wind farm | 17.5 | operational | 7.1 |
| Court Colman solar park | solar farm | 15 | operational | 7.2 |
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 (51.5442, -3.5206).