Kilmarnock planning commission recommends council deny rezoning for a proposed 20-acre solar facility

AnnGardner Eubank

by AnnGardner Eubank

KILMARNOCK—The Kilmarnock Planning Commission pumped the brakes on a proposed 20-acre utility-scale solar project presented by Dimension Energy during a Monday, November 9, meeting.

Project development manager Tulpen Hansen explained the project details as well as economic and environmental impact analysis for the proposed project.

The tract is off James B. Jones Memorial Highway and north of the Springwood subdivision. Property owner Malcom C. Ransone applied to rezone the property from single-family residential to agricultural. He also applied for a conditional use permit (CUP) to operate a utility-scale solar energy system on the property…..

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