Decision details

It was noted that Members had visited the site on the previous day.

The following spoke under the public participation at meetings scheme:

·         Mrs Susan Green, Applicant

The officer recommendation was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED:

TO APPROVE the application subject to the following conditions/modifications:

1.         The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in complete accordance with the submitted plans and specifications subject to the following conditions / modifications:

2.         No development shall take place until a landscape management plan and a schedule for its implementation has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Authority. Thereafter, the development hereby permitted shall be dismantled and permanently removed from the land within six months of the date of the failure to comply with the requirements of any part of the management plan.

3.         At the time of their installation, the external finishes of the ground mounted modules shall be matt black and the individual solar panels shall not be installed other than with matt black surrounds and an anti-reflective finish. Thereafter, the ground mounted solar array shall be permanently so maintained throughout the lifetime of the development hereby permitted.

4.         Once the solar panels are no longer required for the purposes of energy generation, the ground mounted solar array shall be completely removed from the land, and the ground shall be reinstated to its original ground within three months of the solar panels being decommissioned.  

The meeting was adjourned at 11.15am for a short break and reconvened at 11.25am.