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Planning commission recommends denial of Caledon Solar special-exception permit after easement and environmental concerns
Summary
After hours of testimony and questions about conservation easements, wildlife, stormwater and noise, the King George County Planning Commission voted 4–1 to forward an unfavorable recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on a proposed 22 MW Caledon Solar project sited partially within an easement exclusion area.
The King George County Planning Commission voted to forward an unfavorable recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on the proposed Caledon Solar project (application Z-2024-00240), a 22-megawatt utility-scale solar facility proposed on a large (approximately 1,431-acre) parcel north of Caledon Road.
County staff presented the special-exception application and said the applicant requested two exceptions from standard county rules: a temporary extension of the two-year permit-activation window to five years and a modest height exception for a weather station. Staff recommended conditions including a Phase I archaeological study and described required setbacks and stormwater and wetland review that would occur at site-plan stage.
Terraform Power (presenting as Caledon Solar) and its contractor described a plan that would site panels on about 122 acres within a roughly 216-acre special-exception area. The applicant’s representative, Tyler McGilvary, said…
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