Planning application
Land At Cotton Of Lownie Hillend Of Lownie Forfar
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Construction of a solar farm together with battery energy storage system, underground cable, substation buildings, new access and access tracks, security measures, associated infrastructure and works, and substantial landscape and biodiversity enhancements.
As published by the council, reference 23/00393/FULM
Application record
- Reference
- 23/00393/FULM
- Type
- Full Major Application
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 5 Jun 2023
- Validated
- 5 Jun 2023
- Decided
- 11 Jun 2024
- Ward
- Arbroath West And Letham
- Parish
- Inverarity
- Decision by
- Committee
Site history
Applications at this address on the Angus register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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23/00011/PAN Granted
Land At Cotton Of Lownie Hillend Of Lownie Forfar
Solar farm, associated infrastructure and access, underground cable, biodiversity improvements, landscaping & battery within restored quarry.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Jun 2023
Received by Angus
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11 Jun 2024
Decision issued: Refused
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1 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Appeal: 24/00014/REFUSE (Appeal in progress DPEA)
Who's behind it
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Wardell Armstrong LLP Agent
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
89 documents on file for this application
- APPEAL DECISION
- NOTIFICATION OF APPEAL
- REFUSAL
- REPORT OF HANDLING
- REPORT OF HANDLING
- REPORT OF HANDLING
- LANDSCAPE STRATEGY (REV. J)
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL (LVA) ADDENDUM
- PROPOSED ACCESS ONTO LOWNIE MOOR ROAD
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN (REVISION B)
- TABLE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AND APPLICANT RESPONSES
- UPDATED APPLICATION COVER LETTER
- VP1 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP1 PROPOSED VIEW 10 YEARS AFTER COMPLETION
- VP1 PROPOSED VIEW ON COMPLETION
- VP13 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP13 PROPOSED VIEW 10 YEARS AFTER COMPLETION
- VP13 PROPOSED VIEW ON COMPLETION
- VP14 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP14 PROPOSED VIEW 10 YEARS AFTER COMPLETION
- VP14 PROPOSED VIEW ON COMPLETION
- VP15 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP15 PROPOSED VIEW 10 YEARS AFTER COMPLETION
- VP15 PROPOSED VIEW ON COMPLETION
- VP8 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP8 PROPOSED VIEW 10 YEARS AFTER COMPLETION
- VP8 PROPOSED VIEW ON COMPLETION
- ZONE OF THEORETICAL VISIBILITY
- EIA SCREENING OPINION
- BENEFITS AND CONSULTATION FEEDBACK LEAFLET
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN TECHNICAL NOTE
- PLANNING DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION REPORT V1_1
- ALTERNATIVE SITE ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
- BESS AND SUBSTATION SITE LAYOUT
- BREEDING BIRD SURVEY
- CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT PART 1
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT PART 2
- GLINT ASSESSMENT APPENDIX 1 - POLICIES AND GUIDANCE
- GLINT ASSESSMENT APPENDIX 2 - FORFAR SOLAR FARM GGZ AND ZTV
- GLINT ASSESSMENT APPENDIX 3 - FORGE SOLAR MODEL OPS GLINT REPORT
- GLINT ASSESSMENT APPENDIX 4 - FORGE SOLAR MODEL ROADS GLINT REPORT
- GLINT ASSESSMENT APPENDIX 5 - MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS
- GLINT ASSESSMENT APPENDIX 6 - SITE LAYOUT AND LANDSCAPE PLANTING PLAN
- GLINT ASSESSMENT
- LAND CAPABILITY FOR AGRICULTURE REPORT
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL
- LOCATION PLAN
- LVA APPENDIX 1 - METHODOLOGY
- LVA APPENDIX 2 - VISUAL ASSESSMENT
- NOISE ASSESSMENT
- TOPOGRAPHY
- DESIGNATED AREAS
- SENSITIVE RECEPTORS
- ACCESS NETWORK
- LANDSCAPE CHARACTER
- VP2 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP3 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP4 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP5 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP6 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP7 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP9 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP10 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP11 BASELINE PANORAMA
- VP12 BASELINE PANORAMA
- OUTLINE CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL 2022
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL CABLE ROUTE UPDATE 2023 PART 1
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL CABLE ROUTE UPDATE 2023 PART 2
- FENCING AND ACCESS GATE DETAIL
- ACCESS TRACK DETAILS
- CABLE TRENCH DETAILS
- CLIENT SUBSTATION ELEVATIONS
- PV PANELS AND ELEVATIONS
- STORAGE CABIN ELEVATIONS
- CCTV LAYOUT
- DNO SUBSTATION ELEVATIONS
- PLANTING SCHEME ELEVATION
- BESS TRANSFORMER ELEVATIONS
- BESS DNO SUBSTATION ELEVATIONS
- BESS CLIENT SUBSTATION ELEVATIONS
- BESS BATTERY CONTAINER ELEVATIONS
- SOIL MANAGEMENT PLAN
- PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION REPORT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
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