The government admits the farm would cause 'detrimental change to the strategic landscape', but said the benefits of the scheme would outweigh the harm.
The decision on the site at New Works Lane will now be taken into account in the final submissions made over another giant solar farm next door at Steeraway Farm.
"Given that Policy ER1 incorporates consideration of landscape harm, and that he has not found the landscape harm to be unacceptable, he considers that the appeal scheme is, on balance, in accordance with the development plan overall, says the decision letter. "Weighing against the proposal is the harm to the landscape character and appearance of the area, harm to the special qualities of the Strategic Landscape, which is also a ‘valued landscape’ attracting protection, and the very limited harm to the setting of the AONB.
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