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Allowed5 September 20223293104

Land Near to Langford, Langford, Cullompton, EX15 1SG

Planning appeal 3293104 at Land Near to Langford, Langford, Cullompton, EX15 1SG (Mid Devon District Council) was allowed on 5 September 2022 by Inspector Ware P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the landscape.

the construction of ground-mounted solar PV panels to generate up to 49.9MW (site area 60.78 ha) and battery storage facility together with all associated works, equipment and necessary infrastructure. Summary of Recommendation: The appeal be allowed, and planning permission granted subject to conditions

Authority
Mid Devon District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Ware P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the landscape
  • The effect on Langford Court - a designated heritage asset
  • The effect on and potential loss of agricultural land
  • The safety of the Battery Storage facility (BESS)

What decided it

The very limited and highly localised landscape and visual harm was clearly and decisively outweighed by the substantial national and local policy support for renewable energy generation and the accompanying economic and biodiversity benefits.

the significant weight afforded to renewable electricity production, together with moderate weight for economic benefits and significant weight for additional planting/biodiversity net gain, outweighed the very limited weight attributed to adverse landscape and visual effects, with heritage, agricultural land and BESS safety treated as neutral

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S1Policy S9Policy S14Policy DM1Policy DM2Policy DM18Policy DM25Policy DM27
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 48Paragraph 56
Judgments
Catesby Estates Ltd. v Steer [2018] EWCA Civ 1697

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