Land near to Middle Road Farm, Middle Road, Harbury, Warwickshire, CV33 9JN

the installation and operation of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic panels and associated energy storage, inverter stations, substation compound, customer station, fencing and gates, spare parts containers, meteo stations, CCTV (with associated masts), hard and soft landscaping and all associated works, including site access and internal access tracks

Authority: Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Novitzky A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue is the effect of the proposals on the character and appearance of the landscape.

What decided it

The public benefits of renewable energy generation and associated biodiversity and economic gains outweighed the limited and largely temporary landscape and heritage harms identified.

The clear public benefits of renewable energy generation, energy security, biodiversity net gain and economic stimulus outweighed the minor landscape harm, slight less-than-substantial heritage harm, and negligible agricultural land loss, such that the proposal accorded with the development plan overall.

Plan policies cited: Policy CS.5, Policy CS8, Policy CS.3, Policy CS.2, Policy CS.9, AS.10, Policy CS.4

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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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