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Updated: July 21, 2026 @ 12:57 pm
A second solar farm could be coming to Columbus Township, as an application has been submitted at the township and county-level departments. However, local officials are saying the applicant’s paperwork is incomplete.
This information was divulged and discussed by supervisors and township personnel at a recent Columbus Township meeting.
The project, which will cover 10 parcels of lands all under the same owner, has submitted the preliminary applications, but some of the requirements were not addressed properly.
Township ordnances require certain application checks in the form of year-based leases, some of which were not completed.
“We are requiring the application to be resubmitted to fill the necessary requirements, which were not addressed properly on the first application,” said Columbus Township Secretary Chris Lyon. “After that, as with the recent solar project, approval will be determined by the Warren County Planning Commission and it will be out of our hands.”
The exact location of this newest project has not yet been released to the public, but will be eventually once the paperwork is filed correctly.
No open debate was brought forth by the public other than questions involving if the process would entail the same approval process as in May, which was confirmed.
In May, a solar farm was approved in Columbus to be built behind Happ’s Discount Grocery Store on Route 6, which is slated to begin construction in November of this year.
Zoning in Warren County is managed by the Warren County Planning Commission, not the townships specifically. This has been longstanding as the townships have not had zoning committees since the 1960s when the townships voted to allow the county to make these decisions for them.
The previous project received much backlash from the community, with questions of degradation of agriculturally zoned property, disturbance of the natural ecosystem, obscured scenic views and the longevity of equipment with the severe winter weather all being addressed.
In the past, residents expressed their concern that one solar farm would lead to numerous properties in Warren County being developed in the same way.
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