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Applicant Third Revolution Projects is asking the council whether its solar farm plans, on land in Claybrooke Parva, need an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Advertisement Advertisement The solar farm would total 38.4 hectares - around 54 football pitches - to the west of Main Road, and include rows of panels up to three metres high.
The project would be in place for 40 years. Sign up to our weekly newsletter , sent on Wednesdays Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Harborough Mail, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. An access track is also being considered, connecting an existing track to the east of the site which leads to Woodcutter Lane and Main Road at the edge of the village.
The solar panels would generate electricity during daylight hours, and fed into the local distribution network for use in homes and businesses. The connection would be via an underground Advertisement Advertisement cable via a substation connecting to a separately proposed solar and battery storage site, on land to the west which falls under Rugby Borough Council. According to the application, the nearest home is 220 metres north of the proposed site.
The applicant says intervening distance, roads and existing natural vegetation will create natural screening and believes the proposal will not have ‘significant visual impact’ to surrounding homes Advertisement Advertisement and businesses. Any noise impacts are anticipated to be ‘very low level’. It is not known when the district council is expected to respond but the applicant does not believe the plans require an EIA, despite the site exceeding 0.
5 hectares – the threshold after which an EIA is required..
