An extraordinary meeting of Greater Hume Council will be held on Thursday night to hear a bid to have the council's formal position on the Glenellen Solar Farm changed.
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Councillors Lea Parker, Doug Meyer and Jenny O'Neill are seeking to rescind the motion passed at last week's meeting to "raise serious concerns with regard to the Glenellen Solar Farm in respect to traffic management".
If the rescission is successful, a notice of motion will be put forward to object to the Glenellen Solar Farm.
At the November 18 meeting, an original motion by Cr O'Neill to object to the project was lost.
A motion was then put forward by Cr Quinn that council raise concerns only about traffic and preferences for a voluntary planning agreement, which was successful, after an amendment by Cr Meyer to also raise concerns about agricultural land use was lost.
Cr Parker and Cr Terry Weston were absent for the meeting.
Cr Matt Hicks was not present for the vote as he had declared a non-pecuniary interest, as he does for all solar farm matters considered by council.
The position on the Glenellen Solar Farm decided last week was the first time council had raised "serious concerns" over a solar farm, as opposed to objecting outright.
Council's objections triggers the approval process going to the Independent Planning Commission, however, the proposals would have likely gone to the IPC regardless due to the level of community opposition.
The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment is accepting submission on the Glenellen Solar Farm until November 30.
IN OTHER NEWS:
The IPC was referred the Walla project in October and lists it as "in progress", with the IPC meeting with the NSW DPIE on Friday for further details.
A virtual public meeting about the Jindera project will also be held on Friday and the IPC is accepting written submissions until Friday, December 4.
