Planning application · Onshore wind · Neath Port Talbot

Mynydd y Betws

Operational34.5 MWApplication E/10446Submitted 22 June 2005Granted 17 June 2007

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The application

Application number: E/10446
Planning authority: Neath Port Talbot
County or area: Dyfed
Nation: Wales
Technology: Onshore wind
Capacity: 34.5 MW
Status: Operational
Operator or applicant: ESB (Cambrian Renewable Energy Ltd / Betws Common Holdings Ltd)
Location: Mynydd y Betws, Betws, Ammanford
Turbines: 15
First operating: 2013

Timeline

22 June 2005 Planning application submitted
17 June 2007 Planning permission granted
1 January 2012 Construction started
1 April 2013 Operational

Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site

The pack for this site lists 43 comparable onshore wind incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0874, Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in Wales, 24 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-0874	2026	Turbine blade detaches at RWE's Brechfa Forest West wind farm in Wales	24 km	Significant
EIR-0794	2022	Wind turbine collapses at Pant-y-Wal wind farm near Gilfach Goch	37 km	Significant
EIR-0790	2022	Nordex attributes a Welsh wind turbine collapse to an overspeed condition	59 km	Major
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Summary for this site

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What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Mynydd y Betws from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.

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