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Energy storage decision delayed amid new guidance

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The proposed site is on green belt land near Lytchett Minster

A decision on whether a battery energy storage facility can be built on green belt land in Dorset has been deferred after new national guidance was issued.

Dorset Council had been considering the application for land at Post Farm, Lytchett Minster.

But new guidance by the National Fire Chiefs Council means the plans could require amendments.

The strategic planning committee will decide the application when the new guidance has been considered.

The site of the proposed 32MW facility is 850m (2,788ft) to the north east of Lytchett and 350m (1,148ft) from the Harbour View Burial Ground,

The application by Green Nation Solar Energy had been recommended for approval, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

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