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Mar 2021
200 acre solar farm could be built near Burton Leonard
Proposals to build a major solar farm near Burton Leonard have been lodged with Harrogate Borough Council.
Harmony Energy Limited wants to build the renewable energy infrastructure on farming fields on land to the east of the village of Wormald Green and to the southwest of Bishop Monkton.
The company has requested the council undertakes an environmental scoping study that looks at the possible effects of the solar farm on the environment.
This would take place before any formal planning application is submitted.
The solar panels are expected to have a lifespan of 40 years.
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Two other plans for major solar farms in the Harrogate district have emerged over the past few months.
Yorkshire Water, which is the second-largest landowner in the county, plans to develop energy at 150 of its sites, including one in Spofforth and another in Bilton, as part of its ambition to become carbon net-zero by 2030.
However, the proposed five-acre solar panel farm in Harrogate attracted concern from the aviation industry who claimed that it could dazzle pilots flying to and from Leeds Bradford Airport.
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