Mynydd Forch Dwm Windfarm Tonmawr Neath
Request for a screening opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017: Provision by National Grid Electricity Distribution of a new 33 kV connection comprising an underground cable route of approximately 10 km from Briton Ferry Substation to Mynydd Fforch-Dwm Wind Farm (DNS/3255801).
- Status
- Approved
- Reference
- P2026/0607
- Type
- Outline permission
- Size
- Medium
- Ward
- Cimla & Pelenna
- Received
- 21 September 2026
- Decided
- 21 October 2026
- Decision
- Not EIA Development
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A decision has been made, so the council is no longer taking comments. Approved, 21 October 2026.
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Decision
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After the decision
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