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May 2023
MP calls for clarity over Scotton solar farm plan
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones has called for clarity over a planned 88-hectare solar farm on farmland north of Scotton.
Sustainable energy company Gridserve is proposing to build the power plant and substation at Lawrence Moor Farm.
Its plans envisage thousands of solar panels generating up to 49.9 megawatts of green energy that could power up to 14,000 homes.
However, Mr Jones has called for clarity over the plans after the proposals have yet to be finalised.
The Conservative MP was prompted to write to the company in March after residents in Scotton, Farnham and Brearton contacted him concerned about the lack of information about the proposals.
Mr Jones wrote to Gridserve, which is headquartered in Buckinghamshire, to ask for an update, but was told there had not been “any material update to the status of our potential development in Scotton”.
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At the end of July 2021, Harrogate Borough Council confirmed that a detailed EIA would be required, but Gridserve has taken no action since.
Now, Mr Jones has called on the company to decide whether it wishes to continue with the proposal.
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