“We have recently helped secure planning permission for a 30-acre solar farm near Wigan on land owned by Lancashire Wildlife Trust.
Owen Pike, associate partner in our planning department acted as consultant on behalf of Solstice Renewables, an award-winning independent solar farm developer, on the Cleworth Hall Farm Solar Park located in the Greater Manchester Green Belt. Planning permission was granted in February 2016.
As part of the coordination of activity to prepare, submit and negotiate the proposal, we devised a planning strategy for obtaining permission as swiftly as possible, attended councillor briefings and prepared a request for an EIA screening option.
Owen commented: “I’m delighted that we were able to assist Solstice Renewables in the granting of planning permission for Cleworth Hall Farm Solar Park. The project was a complex one, requiring positive engagement with local politicians and ensuring plans didn’t interfere with great crested newts – a European protected species.
“This is the 10th time we’ve worked with Solstice Renewables and I look forward to working with them again in the future to bring more solar parks to the UK.””
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Sanderson Weatherall 31 May 2016.