“The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors paved the way for the addition of another solar facility in the county with the approval in May of a conditional use permit for Beldale Solar.
The board approved the conditional use permit (CUP) in a split 3-2 vote at it’s May 23 meeting.”
“The solar facility will take up 350 acres on a much larger grouping of properties consisting of 2,942 acres about 1 mile north of the 5000 block of Anderson Highway along the western edge of Cartersville Road in western Powhatan County.”
“Both in the presentation made by Beldale representatives and the some of the board comments, a number of comments were made about the many concessions the company made and the amount of time its staff put in to work with the county, surrounding neighbors an others to address concerns and put forward the best possible project.
A great deal of emphasis by supporters was placed on 14 new and six enhanced conditions added to the CUP (bringing the total to 35 conditions) to address concerns about buffers, protection of wetlands, erosion and sediment control, construction traffic and protection against future solar facilities on the property.“