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Planning Commission discusses solar facility study, buffers, farmland protection and battery-storage rules
Summary
The commission discussed a Solar Facility Study without setting a timeline, listing issues including acreage limits used by Rockingham and Stafford, prohibiting solar on recently clear-cut parcels, buffer standards, protection of prime farmland, tree-cutting and air-quality impacts, project-area definitions, preferred locations, contiguous-parcel preference, Pollinator Smart Program and whether battery storage needs its own ordinance.
The Lunenburg County Planning Commission continued discussion of a Solar Facility Study at its Dec. 7 meeting, listing multiple ordinance issues the commission wants staff to research but agreeing there is no set timeline for action.
Chairman James Tharpe led a commission discussion that enumerated specific points to consider for any local solar facility ordinance: compare acreage thresholds and other…
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