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(Public Pack)Mapperton Farm Application Agenda Supplement for Planning Committee, 21/07/2015 09:30 EAST DORSET DISTRICT COUNCIL With the compliments of the Chief Executive Council Offices, Furzehill, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 4HN Planning Committee Tuesday, 21 July 2015 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 6. Schedule of Planning Applications (Pages 1 - 90) 14 July 2015 This page is intentionally left blank Update Sheet Planning Committee 21st July 2015 Planning Applications Application Address Updates 3/13/0681/FUL Mapperton Correction of area/output of Manor farm solar farm Farm following 2/7/15 committee site visit Officers advise Members that the size of the recently built Manor Farm solar farm (application 3/14/1186 – between Three legged Cross and Verwood) is 45.7 hectares (113 acres) with output of 20.4 Megawatts. This is similar in area to Mapperton (42.8 hectares/104 acres) and the output is smaller (Mapperton is 24.2 Megawatts). Manor farm solar farm was approved with 81,400 solar panels and Mapperton would have 90,000. Documents received since the last committee Biodiversity Mitigation Plan endorsed by Dorset County Council’s Natural Environment Team and Great Crested Newt Survey now received. Sturminster Marshall Parish Council comments (14/5/15). These replace those in the Officer report OBJECT for the following reasons:- 1. The visual impact the development will have will spoil the openness of the Area of Great Landscape Value, which is also adjacent to a conservation area and in view of an AONB. It is inappropriate development for the location. 2. In View of the results of the archaeological survey a dig should be carried out. 3. A Physical Ecological survey needs to be carried out over the whole site and Marsh Bridge area. Due to anomilies. 4. World War 2 incident of munitions dumping by a German plane -MOD records should be requested, examined and a site survey conducted for any signs of contamination. No mention of this in any reports. Has this been checked? 5. Land Graded 3a should not be used for Solar Farms. 1 6. The deer fencing on the scale required for this site would have a detrimental visual impact on the area also on wildlife. 7. The infrastructure is felt to be inadequate to manage the quantity and size of the traffic movements. Safety issues for the residents and Public. 8. A full environmental impact survey has been conducted. Anomalies within this report. , i.e. data regarding the ecological survey, five large fields divided by hedgerow. 9. Accurate details of timescale and traffic movements needed, as details provided questioned. 10. There would be a detrimental impact on the listed buildings and the heritage site. 11. Conditions required that guarantee the removal of everything at the end of its working life span. 12. The construction of the substation requires conditions that restrict its use solely to this one site. Building Materials should be more in keeping with the environment. Wooden Clad Sedum Roof. 13. The pile driving is likely to cause a disruptive impact. The Hum of the panels on the locality. 14. There are anomalies in the documentation Figures regarding renewable energy targets. 15. The community funding would require protection. If the plans be approved. 16. Information is needed regarding the provision resources on the construction site 17. More detailed vehicle movements. 18. We request a site meeting by EDDC Planning Committee prior to the final decision. 19. Western Power Distribution has reached its capacity. And is no longer connecting renewable energy to the grid. This includes parts of Dorset. If built, could this be a White Elephant 20. These are the main points we have considered, but there are many more to be raised and clarification sort. 2 CPRE Letter dated 19/6/2015 I wish to draw your attention to two serious omissions in the Officers' Report for the above planning application: 1. The report fails to acknowledge that projected renewable energy generation for Dorset County has reached 585.7 gigawatt hours or 84.8% of its 2020 target and (b) the Christchurch & East Dorset Partnership has reached 194.9 gigawatt hours or 86.2% of its 2020 target (CPRE Response paras. 7.1- 7.5). The Christchurch & East Dorset Partnership's outstanding performance provides vital evidence that can be taken into account when considering, on the one hand, the magnitude of need for a renewable energy installation and, on the other, the magnitude of the damage it would cause to landscape, heritage, amenity and agricultural assets. The requirement to take the issue of need into account is acknowledged in the Consent Order dated 19 May 2015 in the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division, Planning Court) in the matter of an application for Judicial Review, Reference CO/5206/2014. 2. The report mentions but fails to explain the significance of the fact that the area covered by panels has been reduced by only 20% compared with the original scheme. The report focuses on a misleading 38% reduction in area “where the panels are to be located”. The total area of the now proposed 90,000 panels is 14.6 hectares or 36 acres, equivalent to 23 soccer pitches (CPRE Response paras. 1.2-1.4). This compares with 29 pitches previously. Dorset County Council Renewable Energy Development Officer’s comments in response to the CPRE’s letter 19/6/15 Regarding point 1 in this letter, I can confirm that the Dorset CPRE has unilaterally chosen to remove Bournemouth and Poole from the aspirational 7.5% renewable energy target in the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Renewable Energy Strategy to 2020. The Dorset CPRE methodology has therefore reduced the 1200 GWh (7.5%) target in the Renewable Energy Strategy by almost a half down to 690 GWh. 3 Hence the Dorset CPRE is claiming 84.8% of their version of the 2020 target has already been met, whilst the Dorset Energy Partnership's Annual Review indicates 45% of the aspirational target was met by March 2015. The Dorset Energy Partnership refutes the CPRE’s methodology, as the strategy clearly states that the 7.5% target is a collective target for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole. There are currently over 100MW of solar farms in Christchurch, East Dorset and Purbeck, which are producing enough renewable electricity on a sunny day to power 120,000 average homes. This electricity is physically transmitted through the grid into Bournemouth and Poole. Therefore it would be illogical to remove Bournemouth and Poole from the strategy target as the existing solar farms contributing to the 7.5% target could not be have been built unless the conurbations of Bournemouth and Poole were available to use the electricity generated. Mapperton Preservation Group - Summary of objections dated 18/6/15 The Mapperton Preservation Group represents local residents who are campaigning against this solar installation. Although we are supportive of renewable energy, we strongly object to this damaging proposal for the following reasons: Size: This huge solar farm would cover 106 acres of productive arable land with 90,000 solar panels and ancillary equipment, including a massive electricity substation. However although the area occupied by panels and equipment may have been reduced by 38%, the area covered just by glass has only come down by 20%. We contend that the visual impact is determined primarily by the area of glass, not the acreage of solar farm. The size of the development site remains the same as for the first proposal, 175 acres, equivalent to 110 soccer pitches. If built today the scheme would be the second largest in Dorset. The developer has acknowledged that the development site is large because it deliberately chose a 132 kV power line as a connection to the national grid. This choice necessitated a large and expensive electricity substation which, in turn required a large solar park to provide the large output and income needed to pay for it. It is clearly the case that a developer's requirement to make a profit is not a 4 material planning consideration and cannot possibly justify approval for a large damaging development. Landscape and Visual Impact: It represents industrialisation of the beautiful countryside which lies within the Mapperton Area of Great Landscape Value, a protected landscape. It is relevant to note here that the report 'Landscape Sensitivity to Wind and Solar Development in East Dorset District', commissioned by East Dorset District Council, prepared by LUC and published in April 2014, provides strong evidence that this proposed development should not be approved. The report concludes that sensitivity to a solar PV scheme of more than 30 hectares, located on exposed higher ground close to Great Coll Wood in the South Blandford Downs Landscape Character Area, could be as high as “high” (the highest sensitivity) and not lower than “moderate-high”, the next to highest sensitivity. We strongly support the authoritative critiques from both the Cranborne Chase AONB and the David Wilson Partnership on grounds of landscape and visual impact, to which the Officers’ report pays scant heed. AONB says the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment is “significantly flawed”, arguing that the conclusions underestimate the impact of the proposal and that the photographic methodology is “contrived to make the proposals and their impacts appear smaller than in real life”. For example, the installation would be very clearly seen from Badbury Rings, an Ancient Monument within the Cranborne Chase AONB. Amenity Impact: The vast area of glass panels would be in full view from surrounding footpaths and a bridleway that passes through the site. Walkers, riders and tourists would be adversely affected, especially those from Mapperton and Winterborne Zelston, which are only 500 and 750 metres away respectively. Impact on Heritage Assets: There are abundant heritage assets in the area.
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