Renplan has secured planning permission for a 500kW wind turbine in South Kesteven District. An original appeal submission against the local authority’s refusal was dismissed by an Appeal Inspector in January 2015. The decision was flawed and as such a High Court Challenge lodged. The High Court quashed the Inspector’s decision which meant the proposal had to be redetermined by the Inspectorate. This week saw the redetermination decision which grants planning permission for the 500kW turbine.

The flaws of the original appeal determination was that the Inspector had failed to correctly account for the environmental benefits of the proposal and had also failed to even consider the issue of Ministry of Defence radar.

On redetermination, these matters were properly accounted for in the Inspector’s decision with planning permission being granted accordingly.

A long haul battle with a happy ending!

Renplan has secured planning permission for a 225kW wind turbine which will deliver renewable energy to a thriving dairy farming business in North Wales. The local planning authority had refused planning permission for the proposal siting landscape and proportionality reasons for refusing the proposals. An appeal was lodged by Renplan; who also managed the planning application. The Appeal Inspector resolved to agree with the case of the appellant and allowed permission accordingly.

Renplan have secured planning permission for a 20mW Peak Power Generation project in Northamptonshire. The development (which is similar to that of a ‘Short Term Operational Reserve’; ‘STOR’ project) is an integral part of a larger Energy Park project encompassing wind and solar farms. The project will act as a backup of power supply in times of peak demand on the National Grid.

Renplan is proud to announce planning permission granted for a 5MW solar development in Gloucestershire. Within close proximity to the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), careful regard was needed to ensure the proposed development was well sited and well screened. A suitable position, well screened from the AONB by a railway embankment and vegetation cover in between helped minimise visual impacts. The proposal gained a good level of community support and only three resident objections being received to the planning application.

This development makes a significant valuable contribution towards compliance with the country’s legal obligations to reduce our CO2 footprint. The amount of renewable energy being produced by the development will be approximately the equivalent required to power each of the residences within the Parish (approximately 1,200 homes).

Renplan, acting on behalf of First Renewable, have secured planning permission for the solar development of the former Asfordby Colliery, Leicestershire. The development will provide approximately 9MW of energy that will serve sufficient power to serve approximately 2,000 homes. The land is a former open cast coal mine and this renewable energy development was passed by the local planning authority without public objection and with a level of community support including support by the local Parish Council.

Renplan is proud to have been instrumental in securing a grant of a Certificate of Lawfulness of land for residential use. The land adjoins the settlement of Langford Budville in Somerset and has previously been recognised by the local planning authority as agricultural land. However, having been used by our client for 10 years in association with a residential use, evidence was put forward to Taunton Deane Borough Council to justify a case in support of the Certificate being granted.

Renplan have secured planning permission for a 80kW wind turbine at Haydon Farm, North Cornwall. Being ‘theoretically’ visible from the Coastal Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the North Cornwall Heritage Coastline, the planning application had to carefully consider the landscape impacts of the proposal and the importance of protecting local residential amenities whilst balancing these against the need to ensure suitable site conditions to maximise the harnessing of the average wind speeds of the farm.

Renplan have secured planning permission for a 100kW wind turbine on land at Chittlehampton Farm, Torridge. The turbine will provide a valuable contribution towards the farmer’s farm diversification aspirations and help reduce his CO2 footprint as a business; something the farming community is now being assessed against.

Renplan has secured planning permission for extensions to a property in the Green Belt of Wycombe Borough. The extensions took the overall property extensions to well above guidance thresholds, however, after careful consideration of local prevailing planning policies in relation to Green Belt extensions and regard also for important material considerations a strong case was put forward to justify planning permission being granted.

Planning permission has been secured for a 1MW solar development at land at the Rhug Estate North Wales.

Although within close proximity to the Snowdonia National Park, the development was carefully sited and designed to minimise any visual intrusion into this special landscape designation. The developer Soventix GmbH are an international; solar developer with offices and operations spread across a number of countries and continents.