I have heard through the grapevine that RWE is going to be in Brechfa Village on Thursday and Friday 17 and 18 February - do you know if there a public event planned? We have not heard anything from RWE about Brechfa Forest West development, apart from the local shop being told that the ES will be brought to them for public display soon in a few days. Is it usual for the ES to be published at this stage? Has their application been accepted?

The IPC is not involved in applicants' pre-application consultation phase. I would therefore ask that you contact the applicant directly to find out details on their public consultation beyond what they have published in their Statement of Community Consultation directly from them. The contact for this project is as follows:
Bethan Thomas
RWE npower renewables
Unit 22: Technium
Central Avenue
Baglan Energy Park
Port Talbot
SA12 7AX
Phone: 01639 816180
Email: [email protected]
With regard to the Environmental Statement, Regulation 10 of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009 requires applicants to set out in their Statement of Community Consultation how they intend to publicise and consult on the preliminary environmental information. The Statement of Community Consultation relevant to this case is available on RWE's web-page.
The proposed Brechfa Forest West wind farm application has not yet been submitted to the IPC for acceptance. When an application has been submitted and if it is accepted, the developer is required to notify the relevant parties of the accepted application and publish a notice under s.56 (7) and Regulation 9 of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009 to ensure that it is widely publicised that an application has been accepted and how people can register to have their say as part of the examination process. Therefore, you should be made aware of the acceptance of the proposed Brechfa Forest West wind farm application once the proposal reaches this stage.