Another article on the Boydton utility-scale solar proposal. The project would have clear-cut nearly 500 acres of forested land. The board decided this would have caused erosion and stormwater runoff that would have contaminated Lake Gaston and several area creeks.
Read the full article from the South Hill Enterprise here:
Board denies Antler’s Road solar project appeal. By Jami Snead, South Hill Enterprise, 10 Jan 2023
A public hearing was held in regards to an appeal submitted by Antler’s Road Solar, LLC (RWE Renewable Americas, LLC) asking the Board to reconsider an application denial by the Planning Commission. The request is for a 90 MW solar facility to be placed in the west side of Antler’s Road (Route 633), one mile south of the highway 58 intersection.
Ann Neil Cosby, a land use attorney with Wire Gill out of northern Virginia, asked the board to reconsider based on the different location from previously denied solar projects. “The density requirements and some of the impacts are different so we think you really need to understand the difference in this project from the beginning.”
The request was denied by the planning commission based on the removal of 489.04 acres of agriculture property and Mines Creek being located on the property, which leads to Allen Creek and then to the Roanoke River. (…) (Click here to continue reading)