\n Novus Renewable Services \u2013 the company behind the plans \u2013 already secured planning approval back in 2023 for the solar farm on fields next to Old Llwyn Onn Farm off Cefn Road. But work to install solar panels and electrical infrastructure on the site has not yet begun.\n<\/p>\n
\n That may soon change however after Wrexham Council\u2019s planning officers received an request to approve how the panels will be anchored to the ground.\n<\/p>\n
\n In the original application work was not permitted to begin until \u2018a detailed scheme showing the scope and arrangement of the foundation design and all new groundwork, which may have an impact on important archaeological
remains identified in prior archaeological assessments has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority\u2019.\n<\/p>\n
\n The site is on the opposite side of Cefn Road to Llwyn Onn Mill \u2013 believed to have been at various times a paper mill, flour mill, wire mill and foundry \u2013 but there remains the possibility that there are items or features of archaeological interest in the fields.\n<\/p>\n
\n According to the new plan the solar panels will be fixed to the ground with Gabion baskets \u2013 metal cages weighted with rocks that mean the solar panels will not need to have deep foundations dug into the ground.\n<\/p>\n
\n This minimises the impact on anything below the surface and also makes restoring the ground to agricultural use \u2013 should the solar farm ever be decommissioned \u2013 easier.\n<\/p>\n
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