A company behind rejected plans for a new solar farm in the south Shropshire countryside will go before a planning inspector next week in a bid to have the refusal overturned.
A hearing will take place at Shirehall on Tuesday over an appeal against Shropshire Council’s decision not to grant permission for the 12-megawatt facility, earmarked for a site off Squirrel Lane in Ledwyche, near Ludlow.
Council planning officers had recommended approval of the scheme, but the southern planning committee was not convinced, and instead refused permission by eight votes to three at a meeting in September. The plans were put forward by Ledwyche Solar Ltd, a subsidiary of Edinburgh-based renewable energy firm Logogen, and representatives of the company will also attend the hearing to argue their case.
However Mr French said there were “drainage limitations” restricting what the land could be used for, and added that it would be used for sheep grazing during the life of the solar farm and restored to agricultural use afterwards.
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