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Council approves conditional use for Hastings Community Energy solar facility with amended fencing and decommissioning bond requirements

Sussex County Council · September 16, 2025
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Summary

The council approved Conditional Use No. 2503 for a 33.69‑acre solar energy facility in Broad Creek Hundred, adopting a minor amendment to fencing/screening requirements and clarifying that decommissioning financial security must be provided before building permits are issued.

Council approved Conditional Use No. 2503, filed by Hastings Community Energy Initiative LLC, to locate a solar energy facility on a 33.69‑acre parcel in Broad Creek Hundred with conditions recommended by Planning & Zoning and additional amendments adopted by the council.

Mister Moore read the Planning & Zoning findings and conditions. At the applicant's request, the council considered a minor amendment to the fencing conditions: the amendment…

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