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Commission approves sketch plan recommendation for 3-MW Carrysbrook solar project, with conditions
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to forward SDP 24-09, a sketch plan for a 3-megawatt ground-mounted solar facility on about 27 acres of a 361.3-acre parcel, subject to recommended site-plan conditions and standard permits; the project’s special-use permit was approved in 2021 and staff said the project is grandfathered under that SUP.
The Fluvanna County Planning Commission on Jan. 14 approved forwarding SDP 24-09, a sketch plan for a 3-megawatt ground-mounted solar facility on roughly 27 acres of a 361.3-acre parcel (tax map 42-1-1), with the commission’s recommended conditions attached.
Planning staff said the site-development sketch is for a utility-scale solar facility proposed by SunTribe Solar (packet references SunTrust/SunTribe and Carrysbrook/CarriSWIP spellings in the staff report). Staff reiterated that a special-use permit (SUP) for a utility-scale solar facility on the parcel was approved in November 2021 and that the SUP’s conditions remain applicable; the county removed the SUP allowance for such facilities in July 2024, so this project is…
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