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Cambridgeshire County Council’s Stanground solar farm has been given the green light.
The 2.93MW solar and battery storage park will be installed on a former landfill site, which has been closed and capped. It is no longer suitable for waste disposal or development, as the cap must be maintained to protect the environment from the waste buried there.
As such, the solar farm has been welcomed as a constructive use of the site, as well as supporting Peterborough and Cambridgeshire to achieve their net zero carbon ambitions.
Planning permission has been granted by Peterborough City Council’s Planning and Environmental Protection Committee, following extensive consultations with the local community, as well a number of ecological surveys being undertaken and built into the application.
Published:
5:14 PM February 19, 2021
Updated:
5:16 PM February 19, 2021
Permission has been granted for a new solar park and battery storage system on a former landfill site in Stanground.
- Credit: Energy Investment Unit
Planning permission has been granted for a “forward-thinking” solar park and battery storage system project on a former landfill site.
The park, which will generate the energy equivalent to producing enough electricity to power 700 homes, will be based in Stanground near Whittlesey.
The old landfill site was formally closed in 1992 and remained in Cambridgeshire County Council’s ownership as an ongoing waste management liability.
Cllr Mark Goldsack, chairman of Cambridgeshire County Council’s commercial and investment committee said: “I am delighted this forward-thinking project has been approved.
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