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Commissioners approve expansion of Laurel Crest Solar after buffer, decommissioning assurances
Summary
The Board approved a conditional zoning and special-use permit for an approximately 50-acre expansion of the existing Laurel Crest Solar project after developers agreed to enhanced vegetative buffering, increased setbacks near a school and commitments on decommissioning bonds.
The Scotland County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a conditional-zoning request and special-use permit from Laurel Crest Solar (Cypress Creek) to expand an existing solar project by roughly 50 acres on parcels north of the original site.
Developers described the expansion as an addition to a previously approved roughly 460-acre project and presented plans showing the three parcels proposed for inclusion. Company representatives said they would exceed county ordinance vegetative-buffering requirements, increase the setback from a nearby school from 50 feet to 100 feet, and commit to planting denser…
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