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“Absolutely crackers” plans for a large Derbyshire electricity battery farm have been rejected – but five more schemes are still on the horizon. At a South Derbyshire District Council meeting last night (November 12) plans from Harmony DL Limited for an electricity battery farm in Walton Road, Drakelow were rejected.
Councillors had significant concerns over the cumulative impact of six currently proposed battery farms and numerous solar farms all planned for the hundreds of acres of farmland around the former Drakelow Power Station site – utilising its historic substation and grid connections. They also had fears over the impact of construction traffic for all of those schemes – and other industrial uses and housing development nearby – on rural roads which are already said to
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