The East Yorkshire Solar Farm application has today been granted
development consent by the Secretary of State for Energy Security
and Net Zero.
The application will comprise of the construction, operation
(including maintenance) and decommissioning of ground mounted
solar photovoltaic (PV) panel arrays which will generate
electrical energy from the Sun. The Scheme includes underground
cabling to connect to the national electricity transmission
network at National Grid's Drax Substation; underground cabling
between the areas of solar PV panels; areas of landscaping and
biodiversity enhancement; and other associated development.
The application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for
consideration by East Yorkshire Solar Farm Limited on 21 November
2023 and accepted for examination on 19 December 2023.
Following an examination during which the public, statutory
consultees and interested parties were given the opportunity to
give evidence to the Examining Authority, recommendations were
made to the Secretary of State on 17 February 2025.
This is the 93rd energy application out of 156 applications
examined to date and was again completed by the Planning
Inspectorate within the statutory timescale laid down in the
Planning Act 2008.
Local communities continue to be given the opportunity of being
involved in the examination of projects that may affect them.
Local people, the local authority and other interested parties
were able to participate in this six-month examination.
The Examining Authority listened and gave full consideration to
all local views and the evidence gathered during the examination
before making its recommendation to the Secretary of
State.
The decision, the recommendation made by the Examining Authority
to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and
the evidence considered by the Examining Authority in reaching
its recommendation are publicly available on the project
pages of the National Infrastructure Planning website.
