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Board denies Sycamore Cross conditional use permit after hours of testimony
Summary
The board voted to deny the conditional use permit for the Sycamore Cross solar project (the Surry portion of a 240 MW development) after extended public comment and a presentation by developer AES; the denial ends the application unless the board reconsiders or the applicant restarts the process.
The Surry County Board of Supervisors voted to deny a conditional use permit (CUP) for Sycamore Cross Solar, the Surry-portion of a larger 240-megawatt project proposed and developed by AES. The Surry portion of the project was described by the applicant as approximately 19 megawatts on roughly 125 fenced acres.
Greg Cresswell, senior development manager for AES, told the board the project would be owner-operated and provided what he described as community benefits and mitigation measures: an upfront site-payment package and voluntary annual payments the company summarized as totaling about $4.1 million in revenue, a proposed $250,000 community benefits fund, a $150,000 emergency services payment, decommissioning surety with a minimum $500,000 bond and a six-month decommissioning window.
Cresswell also detailed proposed mitigation including natural-vegetation…
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