A MOORLAND windfarm is set to be boosted by an array of solar panels producing sufficient electricity to power 2,500 homes.
Scottish Power Renewables want to add the sun generated energy equipment to their existing site above Burnley.
The firm is seeking planning permission for the scheme at its Coal Clough Windfarm off The Long Causeway in Cliviger.
A planning officer’s report to Burnley Council’s development control committee meeting on Thursday recommends approval for the proposal subject to conditions and a developer cash contribution towards an alternative habitat for upland birds disturbed by the project.
It says: “The site is located in an upland landscape within the perimeters of the existing Coal Clough Windfarm, surrounded by agricultural land and moorland and located to the north of the villages of Holme Chapel and Cornholme and approximately seven…