According to the Jan. 3 minutes of the Bedford County Planning Commission in the Bedford County Board of Supervisors packet from Feb. 3 meeting, the planning commission approved a special-use
Bedford County supervisors this week effectively ended the prospect of future large solar farms within the county when they declined to advertise a public hearing on a proposed utility-scale solar
Most supervisors are opposed to allowing utility-scale solar farms in Bedford County, with primary concerns being a loss of agricultural land use and impacts to the rural aesthetic.
About 30 Bedford County and Forest-area residents filed in and out of the Forest Library on Tuesday during one of the final community open houses that sought public input on