The report adds: "Any limited impacts are overwhelmingly outweighed by the benefits related to the development, most notably the positive environmental impacts associated with renewable energy deployment and at a local level by the biodiversity enhancements.
"The proposed development represents sustainable development which accords with the development plan."
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The applicant said the scheme would "positively enhance" the green belt through ecological and landscape enhancements, which would retain the existing field boundary hedgerows and tree cover.
According to the papers, badgers have been found on the site and a temporary sett closure licence would be obtained from Natural England if necessary.
Gaps would also be left at the bottom of the perimeter fencing for badgers, hares and hedgehogs to use.
Anesco is described in the documents as a leader in renewable energy, which has designed and built some of the country's largest solar and battery farms.
