Land at High Dike Road, Londonthorpe, NG32 2DE

the construction and operation of a solar photovoltaic farm with battery storage and associated infrastructure

Authority: South Kesteven District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Bore J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the scheme on the character of the landscape
The effect on heritage assets, specifically on the setting of Belton House Registered Park and Garden, Bellmount Tower and Londonthorpe Conservation Area
The benefits of the scheme having regard to national and local policy on renewable energy

What decided it

The very significant renewable energy benefits of the scheme, fully in accordance with national planning policy on net zero transition, outweighed the relatively localised landscape impacts and any shortfall in meeting all criteria of local Policy RE1.

Plan policies cited: Policy EN1, Policy DE1, Policy GR1, Policy EN6, Policy RE1

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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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