®Planning appeal decision
Land Off Great Sike Road Old Malton , Malton, YO17 6SB
for the installation and operation of a solar farm and battery energy storage system with associated infrastructure including substation, access tracks, pole mounted CCTV, fencing and landscaping for a period of 40 years. Summary of Recommendation: That the appeal be allowed, and planning permission granted subject to conditions. 1.0
- Authority
- Ryedale District Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Shrigley M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Acceptability of location - Renewable Energy, Flood Risk and Agricultural Land
- Existing rural business impact
- Heritage Impacts
- Residential amenity
What decided it
The significant weight given to the benefits of renewable energy generation and secure grid connectivity outweighed the identified harms to agricultural land, rural business, and heritage assets.
Framework references: 11, 49, 57, 163, 165, 167, 168, 180, 200, 201, 205, 208, 212, 215
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP9, Policy SP10, Policy SP12, Policy SP13, Policy SP14, Policy SP15, Policy SP16, Policy SP17, Policy SP18, Policy SP19, Policy SP20, Policy E4
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.