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Planning committee reviews community solar and battery storage application; holds action pending additional information
Summary
Iroquois County planning and zoning committee reviewed a solar-plus-battery energy storage application and identified outstanding items — water conservation, public road notices, buffer evidence and participating landowner materials — and elected not to advance the application to a county-board hearing until deficiencies are addressed.
The Iroquois County Planning and Zoning Committee reviewed a renewable-energy application on June 2 and found several required items missing from the submission, leaving the application pending until the applicant provides the outstanding documentation.
Committee members and staff said the application covers a solar project that includes a battery energy storage system (BESS). County staff and external advisors completed a preliminary completeness review and presented a list of deficiencies to the committee, which included required submissions to the soil and water conservation district, water conservation documentation, notice of public road crossings and evidence of the participating landowner’s…
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