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

Planning appeal 3321095 at Land Near to Middle Road Farm, Middle Road, Harbury, Warwickshire, CV33 9JN (Stratford-on-Avon District Council) was allowed on 13 September 2023 by Inspector Novitzky A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is the effect of the proposals on the character and appearance of the landscape.

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
Postcode: CV33 9JN

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS.5Policy CS8Policy CS.3Policy CS.2Policy CS.9AS.10Policy CS.4

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