General
- Acceptance of DNS notification (bilingual)
- Draft DNS application forms
- Draft Common Land Act 2006 S.38 forms
- Draft Public Rights of Way Diversion Consenting Strategy with S.247 forms
- Non-Technical Summary (NTS)
- Draft Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)
- Appendix A Figure (CEMP)
- Appendix B WMP (CEMP)
- Planning Statement
- Design and Access Statement
- Schedule 1 Notice (bilingual)
- Schedule 2 Notice (bilingual)
- Community newsletter (English)
- Community newsletter (Welsh)
- Exhibition boards
- Feedback form (English)
- Feedback form (Welsh)
- s38-Commons-Act-2006-Information-Sheet (bilingual)
Draft Environmental Statement (ES)
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Appendix 1A - Scoping Report
- Appendix 1B - Scoping Direction
- Chapter 2 - Approach
- Appendix 2A Carbon Balance Appendix
- Chapter 3 - Need, alternatives and iterative design
- Chapter 4 - Development Description
- Chapter 5 - Legislation and Policy Overview
- Chapter 6 - LVIA
- Appendix 6A - LVIA Methodology
- Appendix 6B - LVIA Filtering Process
- Appendix 6C - Landmap Baseline Description
- Appendix 6D - Landmap GLAA Assessment
- Appendix 6E - Landmap LHAA Assessment
- Appendix 6F - Landmap VSAA Assessment
- Appendix 6G - Landmap HLAA Assessment
- Appendix 6H - Landmap CLSAA Assessment
- Appendix 6I - BBNP
- Appendix 6J - Viewpoint Analysis
- Chapter 7 - Historic Environment
- Appendix A - DBA
- Appendix B - Gazeteer
- Appendix C - WSI
- Appendix D - Stage 1 Assessment
- Chapter 8 - Biodiversity
- Appendix 8A - Baseline Report
- Appendix 8B - Arb Report Turbines
- Appendix 8C - Arb Report Access
- Chapter 9 - Ornithology
- Appendix 9A - Baseline
- Appendix 9B - Collision Risk Modelling
- Chapter 10 - Water Environment
- Appendix 10A - FCA
- Appendix 10B - Site Photos
- Appendix 10C - Data Request
- Appendix 10D - WFD Assessment
- Chapter 11 - Ground Conditions
- Appendix 11A - Phase 1
- 11A Annex A
- 11A Annex B - Envirocheck Reports
- 11A Annex C - Utilities
- 11A Annex D - Coal Mining Report
- 11A Annex E - CMRA
- 11A Annex F - Site Walkover Photographs
- 11A Annex G
- Chapter 12 - Traffic & Transport
- Appendix 12A - AIL
- Appendix 12B - Draft Outline Construction Traffic Management Plan
- Appendix C - Accident Records
- Chapter 13 - Noise
- Chapter 14 - Telecoms & Aviation
- Appendix 14A - Aviation Report
- Chapter 15 - Shadow Flicker
- Appendix 15A - Shadow Flicker Results
- Chapter 16 - Socio economics
- Chapter 17 - Cumulative Effects
Figures
- Figure 1.1 - Site location
- Figure 1.2 - Site layout
- Figure 3.1 - Typical wind turbine
- Figure 4.1 - Overall site layout - northern extent
- Figure 4.2 - typical wind turbine foundation
- Figure 4.3 - typical wind turbine crane hardstanding
- Figure 4.4 - Typical internal site track cross section
- Figure 4.5 - Typical cable trench details
- Figure 4.6 - Typical switchroom and substation compound
- Figure 4.7 - Substation building elevations
- Figure 6.1 - Landscape and Visual Study Area
- Figure 6.2 - Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Blade Tip
- Figure 6.3 - Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub Height with Viewpoint Locations
- Figure 6.4 - Detailed Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Blade Tip with Viewpoint Locations
- Figure 6.5 - Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Blade Tip with Viewpoint Locations
- Figure 6.6 - Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Blade Tip with Viewpoint Locations
- Figure 6.8 - Landform Plan of the Study Area
- Figure 6.9 - National Landscape Character Areas with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub Height and Blade Tip
- Figure 6.10a - LANDMAP: Geological Landscape Aspect Areas filtered into the LVIA with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip
- Figure 6.10b - LANDMAP: Landscape Habitat Aspect Areas filtered into the LVIA with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip
- Figure 6.10c - LANDMAP: Visual and Sensory Aspect Areas filtered into the LVIA with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip
- Figure 6.10d - LANDMAP: Historic Landscape Aspect Areas filtered into the LVIA with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip
- Figure 6.10e - LANDMAP: Cultural Landscape Services Aspect Areas filtered into the LVIA with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip
- Figure 6.11 - National Landscape Designations with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip
- Figure 6.12 - Brecon Beacons National Park Landscape Character Assessment
- Figure 6.13a - Local Landscape Designations with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip within LVIA Study Area of the proposed turbines
- Figure 6.13b - Local Landscape Designations with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip within 10km of the proposed
- Figure 6.14a - National and Long Distance Recreational Routes with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip within LVIA Study Area of the proposed turbines
- Figure 6.14b - National and Long Distance Recreational Routes with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip within 10km of the proposed turbines
- Figure 6.15a - Local Recreational Routes and Key Recreational Areas with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip within LVIA Study Area of the proposed turbines
- Figure 6.15b - Local Recreational Routes and Key Recreational Areas with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Hub and Blade Tip within 10km of the proposed turbines
- Figure 6.16a - Cumulative Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) in relation to Mynydd Maen wind farm
- Figure 6.16b - Cumulative Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) in relation to Abertillery and Mynydd Llanhilleth wind farms
- Figure 6.16c - Cumulative Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) in relation to Mynydd Carn-y-Cefn and Manmoel wind farms
- Figure 6.16d - Cumulative Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) in relation to Oakdale and Pen Y Fan Industrial Estate and Pen Y Fan Ganol Farm wind turbines
- Figure 6.16e - Cumulative Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) in relation to Pen March and Twyn Hywel wind farms
- Figure 6.17 - Residential Properties within 2km with Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) to Blade Tip
- Figure 6.18a-ac - Residential Wirelines
- Figure 6.19a-g - Viewpoint 1: Coed-Celynen-Drive
- Figure 6.20a-i - Viewpoint 2: Old Pant Road, Pantside
- Figure 6.21a-g - Viewpoint 3: Mynydd Maen/Mynydd Llwyd Summit
- Figure 6.22a-h - Viewpoint-4: Open-space-on-Fflorens-Road-Treowen
- Figure 6.23a-g - Viewpoint 5: Twmbarlwm-Iron-Age-Fort
- Figure 6.24a-i - Viewpoint 6: PRoW east of St. Illtyd
- Figure 6.25a-i - Viewpoint 7: Pen-y-Fan Pond Country Park
- Figure 6.26a-i - Viewpoint 8: Cefn Fforest / Blackwood Show Fields
- Figure 6.27a-h - Viewpoint 9: Rhymney Valley, Ridgeway Walk
- Figure 6.28a-g - Viewpoint 10: Waun Wen / Gwastad
- Figure 6.29a-g - Viewpoint 11: Little Mountain, Brecon Beacons National Park
- Figure 6.30a-h - Viewpoint 12: Sirhowy Valley Walk, Manmoel
- Figure 6.31a-g - Viewpoint 13: Mynydd Garnclochdy, Brecon Beacons National Park
- Figure 6.32a-i - Viewpoint 14: Northern edge of Gelligaer
- Figure 6.33a-h - Viewpoint 15: Gelligaer Common and Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk
- Figure 6.34a-g - Viewpoint 16: Summit of Mynydd Carn-y-Cefn
- Figure 6.35a-i - Viewpoint 17: Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk on Cefn y Brithdir
- Figure 6.36a-g - Viewpoint 18: Caerphilly Common
- Figure 6.37a-h - Viewpoint 19: Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk on Mynydd Mieo
- Figure 6.38a-g - Viewpoint 20: The Blorenge
- Figure 6.39a-d - Viewpoint 21: Brynderwen, Bettws Newy
- Figure 6.40a-e - Viewpoint 22: Wales Coast Path, Newport
- Figure 6.41a-d - Viewpoint 23: Bertholey House, Newbridge on Usk
- Figure 6.42a-g - Viewpoint 24: Trig point at Mynydd Llangynidr, Brecon Beacons National Park
- Figure 7.1 - Designated Asset Data supplied by CADW, 2023
- Figure 7.2 - HER Monument data supplied by GGAT 202
- Figure 10.1 - Site location, study area and hydrology features (waterbody catchments, watercourses, ponds and springs)
- Figure 10.2 - NRW Development Advice map (Flood Zones B, C1 and C2
- Figure 10.3 - NRW Flood Map for Planning (Rivers)
- Figure 10.4 (a - c) NRW Flood Map for Planning (Surface Water and Small Watercourses)
- Figure 10.5 - NRW Flood Map for Planning (Reservoirs)
- Figure 10.6 - Water environment receptors
- Figure 13.1 - Noise sensitive receptors and monitoring locations
- Figure 15.1 - Shadow flicker study area
- Figure 15.2 - Shadow flicker contours
- Figure 16.1 - Existing Public Rights of Way across the Site
- Figure 16.2 - 200m buffers from the proposed turbines in relation to Public Rights of Way across the Site
During March 2023, we undertook an early engagement community consultation on the initial proposals. You can see the documents that were shown below.
- Site boundary map
- PRoW boundary map
- Forestry boundary map
- Newsletter (English)
- Newsletter (Welsh)
- Exhibition boards
- Feedback Form (English)
- Feedback Form (Welsh)