Plans for a wind farm in Rhondda Cynon Taf which it's claimed could power more than 15,000 homes are set to be discussed by councillors, but it will be up to a planning inspector to make a final decision. The application for the wind farm with seven turbines on land at Mynydd y Glyn, to the east of Trebanog, with a capacity of 30 MegaWatts (MW) and the potential to power 15,376 houses is due to go before the council’s planning committee on Thursday, June 22.
The Pennant Walters Ltd application is said to be a development of national significance as the generating capacity would exceed 10 MegaWatts (MW) - the turbine hubs would stand almost as high as Wales' tallest residential building - the Meridian Tower in Swansea.
Because of the nature of the proposal, a decision on it lies outside of the council’s jurisdiction and instead with Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW). The recommendation is that the committee approves the council’s local impact report, which the council is required to submit, and that this is then sent to PEDW to help the appointed Welsh Government inspector make a decision on the application.
