Land east of Mursley Road, Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0PG

Ground mounted solar farm, ancillary infrastructure and associated works including the diversion of public rights of way and landscape planting

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Thomas G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the landscape and visual impacts of the appeal scheme
the effect on heritage assets
whether there would be an unacceptable impact on protected species

What decided it

The public benefits of renewable energy generation and the national imperative to tackle climate change were found to clearly and decisively outweigh the identified landscape, visual and heritage harms.

the national imperative to tackle climate change together with the identified renewable energy benefits clearly and decisively outweighed the localised landscape and visual harms and the 'less than substantial harm' to the setting of the listed Lodge

Framework references: 152, 158, 170, 174, 202

Plan policies cited: Policy C3, Policy BE1, Policy BE2, Policy NE1, Policy NE4

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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