Planning permission and Listed Building consent has been granted
for 260 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at a farm in Linby,
Nottinghamshire.
The 60kW PV panel system will be located on an existing steel
portal framed agricultural barn, supplying electricity from a
renewable source to the farm.
The site of the PV panels is located near to a number of Listed
Buildings including a large farmhouse, farm cottage, brew house,
mill barn and threshing barn. The site is also located within the
Nottingham-Derby Green Belt and the Linby Conservation Area.
Despite these constraints, Gedling Borough Council agreed that
the proposed PV panels would result in an appropriate form of
development within the area and would not have any detrimental
impact on the openness of the Green Belt. The development
would not have any undue impact upon the setting of the nearby
Listed Buildings, the character of the Conservation Area nor the
amenity of any neighbouring residential properties.
Jenny Salt of Fisher German comments "We are experiencing an
increasing number of planning enquiries for the installation of
solar PV on agricultural buildings. Solar panels are one of the
easiest forms of renewable energy to obtain planning permission for
as they are relatively unobtrusive.
"We have acted for a number of farmers and farm businesses
looking to install PV technology and so far have a 100% planning
approval rate."
For further information, please contact Jenny Salt on 01530
410687 or email jenny.salt@fishergerman.co.uk.
For more information about Fisher German, please visit their
website here: www.fishergerman.co.uk