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We have recently submitted planning applications to South Oxfordshire District Council for Cornwell Solar Farm and Harlesford Solar Farm. South Oxfordshire District Council are now running their statutory consultation on the schemes. You can view the applications and follow their progress via the Council’s planning portal.
For Cornwell Solar Farm, please click here.
For Harlesford Solar Farm, please click here.
In the meantime, our communication lines remain open to help answer any of your enquiries. Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at:
Email: info@cornwellsolarfarm.co.uk
Email: info@harlesfordsolarfarm.co.uk
Freephone: 0808 196 2192
Freepost: CORNWELL AND HARLESFORD CONSULTATION
Thank you for taking part in our consultations on Cornwell Solar Farm and Harlesford Solar Farm and providing your valuable feedback.
We have produced a Community Project Update, to provide an overview of the feedback we received and how this has been considered. To view the project update and to let us know how you feel about our proposals, please click here.
This Community Project Update is also available on our project websites: www.cornwellsolarfarm.co.uk and www.harlesfordsolarfarm.co.uk.
We will shortly be submitting our planning applications for Cornwell Solar Farm and Harlesford Solar Farm. In the meantime, all of our information lines remain open should you have any further questions about our proposals.
Email: info@cornwellsolarfarm.co.uk
Email: info@harlesfordsolarfarm.co.uk
Freephone: 0808 196 2192
Freepost: CORNWELL AND HARLESFORD CONSULTATION
Low Carbon has now submitted two scoping reports for Harlesford Solar Farm and Cornwell Solar Farm to South Oxfordshire District Council. Following conversations with local elected members and consultation feedback, as part of the scoping report Low Carbon commissioned a site-specific Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) survey on both sites.
The ALC survey at Harlesford Solar Farm confirmed that the site is primarily grade 3b, with one small patch of grade 3a land. Grade 3b land is not the best and most versatile land, meaning there are moderate limitations on its ability to grow certain crops.
The ALC survey at Cornwell Solar Farm confirmed that the site is grade 3b in its entirety. Whilst this is a higher grade than the grade 4 classification suggested by Natural England’s provisional data, it is still classified as not the best and most versatile land, meaning there are moderate limitations on its ability to grow certain crops.
For both projects, this does not change Low Carbon’s approach. Low Carbon encourages the grazing of sheep and the siting of beehives in its solar farms, meaning that the potential for dual use of the land for electricity development and agriculture will be explored during the development of this proposal.
You can read the full Scoping Report, including the ALC survey, via the project documents section on our websites: