Brogborough Landfill Site, Woburn Road, Lidlington, Bedfordshire, MK43 0NY

the installation of a solar PV park development and associated infrastructure

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: other · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: utilities-energy · Unknown
Inspector: Ware P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the landscape character of the area, including the consequences for the landfill restoration scheme.
The effect on the biodiversity of the site and the wider area, with particular regard to skylarks.

What decided it

The substantial weight attributed to the provision of renewable energy outweighed the very limited landscape harm and the biodiversity impacts, which were adequately mitigated through the Skylark Mitigation Strategy.

the substantial benefit of renewable energy generation, together with moderate benefits from the existing grid connection and ecological enhancements, outweighed the very limited harm to landscape character

Plan policies cited: EE1, EE2, EE3, EE5, SP2, CC1, CC2

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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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