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ID sylw: 104649

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: John Stott

Ground mounted solar is compatible with agriculture but some loss of agricultural productivity is inevitable. Item C could be interpreted as meaning no reduction in agricultural productivity and could exclude ALC 1,2 & 3a. Item C needs softening to allow some reduction in agricultural productivity. Suggested wording :-

C. Higher agricultural land (Grades 1, 2, and 3a) if the development does not prevent the land not occupied by solar infrastructure being used for agriculture and the solar infrastructure design provides a balanced optimisation of both agricultural and solar yield.
A similar point applies to Wind Energy.