\n Daniel Kiremidjian, head of UK and Nordics at ib vogt GmbH, said: \u201cWe are delighted that development consent has been granted for Dean Moor Solar Farm.\n<\/p>\n
\n A map showing the approximate site of the solar farm (red) and access points (triangles) (Image: FVS Dean Moor Ltd)\n<\/p>\n
\n The land where the solar farm will be situated (Image: Planning Inspectorate)\n<\/p>\n
\n “This is a significant milestone for ib vogt in the UK and reflects the hard work of our team and partners, as well as the constructive engagement with local communities and stakeholders throughout the process.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The planning inspectorate said that local communities ‘continue to be given the opportunity of being involved’ in the examination of projects that may affect them.\n<\/p>\n
\n Local people, the local\u00a0authority\u00a0and other\u00a0interested\u00a0parties were able to\u00a0participate\u00a0in this\u00a0five-and-a-half month\u00a0examination., the inspectorate added.\n<\/p>\n
\n Reacting to the news, Cumberland councillor for Cockermouth South Ward Andy Semple, who represents Dean said: “I\u2019m really pleased to see this local investment in clean green energy, turning an old opencast mining site to modern use.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The company have consulted widely, particularly with me and Dean Parish Council ensuring the community benefits too.”\n<\/p>\n
\n North and west Cumbria have seen a growing number of applications for solar farms in recent years. In May, plans for a solar farm plan covering nearly 20 hectares at a farm in Maryport were approved<\/a>, despite the town\u2019s council objecting to the proposal.\n<\/p>\n \n Elsewhere, communities have objected to some plans for large scale solar developments. Plans for a major scheme near Dent Fell, Egremont prompted the creation of a campaign group against the proposal, until the plans were withdrawn in late 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans for the Dean Moor Solar Farm have today, July 2, been granted development consent by the Department…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-670353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}