AN ATTEMPT by Isle of Anglesey County Council to overturn the approval of a new solar farm on the island has failed.
The Alaw Môn project, developed by Enso Energy, will see solar panels installed across 660 acres of land near Llyn Alaw, producing enough energy to power roughly 34,000 homes.
Its approval in late August came weeks after a demonstration was held in Llangefni town centre to allow residents to raise any concerns about this development.
Isle of Anglesey County Council planned to mount a legal challenge, but was denied permission to appeal by judicial review at a hearing in November.
The council renewed this application at another hearing in Wrexham on January 16, but was again unsuccessful.
Isle of Anglesey County Council leader, Cllr Gary Pritchard, said the news is “extremely disappointing”.
He said: “As a county council, we have expressed our disappointment and frustration with Welsh Government’s decision to permit the Alaw Môn Solar Farm development.
“This outcome is extremely disappointing, but we accept the High Court ruling and the fact that there are no more appeal avenues open to us as a county council.
“The Alaw Môn Solar Farm development would cover around 268 hectares of agricultural land, between Llantrisant and Llannerch-y-Medd.
“The development has been permitted by Welsh Government, contrary to its own policy on the use of best and most versatile agricultural land.”
“The proposed development continues to create a great deal of worry in our communities.”
Rhun ap Iorwerth and Llinos Medi, the MS and MP for Ynys Môn respectively, also expressed their disappointment at the outcome in a joint statement.
They said: “We’re very disappointed to hear that the Isle of Anglesey County Council’s legal challenge against the Alaw Môn solar farm has been unsuccessful.
“Whilst we respect the High Court’s decision, there is no question that the proposal clearly contradicts the Welsh Government’s own policy on protecting best and most versatile land.
“Local residents have repeatedly expressed their opposition to this development, due to its damaging impact on our landscapes and on the island’s agricultural and tourism sectors, while offering little in terms of jobs or wider economic benefit.
“We will continue to make the case that other industrial, exploitative solar projects currently going through the planning system on the island should be rejected, and that we should focus instead on increasing the generation of renewable energy in other ways that bring community benefits and create jobs, as well as helping the environment.”
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