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Planning commission approves 2-year extension for 3 MW Courthouse Highway solar permit
Summary
The Isle of Wight Planning Commission voted to extend a conditional use permit for a 3-megawatt solar project at 16419 Courthouse Highway from two years to four, adding a condition that subscriptions be initially offered to Isle of Wight residents.
The Isle of Wight Planning Commission on a 6-3 roll call vote on a June 2025 evening approved a two-year extension of a conditional use permit for a 3-megawatt utility-scale solar facility proposed at 16419 Courthouse Highway.
The extension applies to the Courthouse Highway Solar 1 LLC project on an 18-acre parcel and moves the permit’s establishment deadline from November 2025 to November 30, 2027, while staff recommended and commissioners agreed that no further extensions be allowed. Commissioners also added a condition that developers offer subscriptions to the shared-solar project first to Isle of Wight County residents.
Trenton Blow, a planning staff member, told the commission the application is only for additional time and that “no changes to the layout, capacity, or development of the project are proposed.” He said the original conditional use permit (CUP) was approved by the board in November 2023 and that the CUP requires…
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