2021-08-04 Solar Farm revised/additional plans for comment and an update on The Coombes

2021-08-04 Solar Farm revised/additional plans for comment and an update on The Coombes
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DevWatch Alert
Solar Farm revised/additional plans for comment
and an update on The Coombes

 

 

  1. Barkham Solar Farm 

WBC have received some additional and revised plans for the proposed Solar Farm in Barkham following comments received.  The new plans can be viewed via the following link:

https://planning.wokingham.gov.uk/FastWebPL/detail.asp?AltRef=211081&ApplicationNumber=211081&AddressPrefix=&Postcode=&KeywordSearch=&Submit=Search

Comments have to be received by 18 August.  The note from WBC follows:

Revised Plans Consultation
Application Number:
211081
Site Address: Barkham Farms, Barkham, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 4EX Proposal: Full application for EIA development for the proposed installation of a new 52ha solar farm for a temporary period of 25 years including underground grid connection between site and Electricity Distribution Centre, laying of internal access road, the erection of substation building security fencing and associated landscaping with approximately 3.4ha of tree planting for carbon sequestration.

We have received revised/additional plans for the above application. The revised details show: Reduction in the panels, increased buffer and altered landscaping adjacent to the heritage assets to the north, removal of panels from the south western corner to allow for cattle grazing, reduction in tree planting along the south and rerouting of the proposed greenway via the overhead powerlines.

If you wish to make any comments on the revised plans you should do so by 18/08/2021. Comments made via the website will be available to view within 24 hours and will include the submitted name and address. Any new comments will be considered with previous comments made when determining the application. If an application is to be determined by the Planning Committee you will be notified. Once a decision has been made you will also be notified of this.

  1. Coombes Update

Residents will be aware that there have been a number of planning applications for the plots in The Coombes over the past 2-3 years, most of which have been refused, some on Appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.  A number of Enforcement Orders were served by WBC and this is an update on 2 of the plots:

Jules’ plot.  This will now be heard in the High Court on 8 October in relation to breaches of the injunction on the Jules’ land

Plot B.  This was previously owned by Dean Thomson but was sold in late 2020. However the Enforcement Orders transfer to the new owner.  After some difficulty identifying the new owner, WBC have now made contact with them.  Apparently, they purchased the land without carrying out searches but was aware some remedial works were required. WBC are now chasing for compliance with the 2 outstanding enforcement notices and will continue to work on this.

Kind Regards 
BVRA

Please note all previous DevWatch alerts can be viewed on the BVRA website at https://www.barkham.org.uk/index.php/devwatch 

WBC is an abbreviation for Wokingham Borough Council 

 

 

 

 

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