{"id":786675,"date":"2026-02-24T21:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/786675\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:49:16","slug":"horsforth-solar-panels-plan-at-busy-community-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/786675\/","title":{"rendered":"Horsforth: Solar panels plan at busy community facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>By John Baron<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Solar panels could be installed on a popular community facility in Horsforth \u2013 four months after the initial proposals were refused by council planners.<\/p>\n<p>A planning application to install 35 roof-mounted solar panels at The Grove, off Town Street, Horsforth have been submitted to Leeds City Council for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed solar panels are to be installed on the east-facing roof of the main building and along its return (south-facing) gable. This side of the building faces onto New Street and away from the conservation area.<\/p>\n<p>A planning statement submitted with the application stated: \u201cRunning costs for a building of this size are extremely high and these are met entirely by the church through voluntary donation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecent rises in energy costs have significantly increased operational costs and made fund-raising more challenging and thus it is even more important that they find ways to reduce costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe installation of solar panels will not only help future-proof the building making it more economic to operate and sustain it in the long-term, it will also make the building more energy efficient and reduce its carbon footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As previously <a href=\"https:\/\/westleedsdispatch.com\/horsforth-solar-panels-refused-at-the-grove-centre\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported by WLD<\/a>, similar plans were refused by council planners last October because \u2018the proposed solar panels were on the front elevation, facing the highway\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Grove Centre is a central hub for community activity in Horsforth. It hosts events and activities for people of all ages including a luncheon club, walking group, coffee mornings, ladies group and a local cinema. <\/p>\n<p>For families and young people it provides a base for local Scouting, a holiday club, a mother and toddler group and various activity days. It also hosts special events and provides meeting spaces and room hire for local community groups.<\/p>\n<p>The latest plans can be <a href=\"https:\/\/publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk\/online-applications\/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=TA0ZVUJBMEG00&amp;activeTab=summary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">viewed in full here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored content<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-18.31.46-638x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164818\"  \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunnybankmills.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.sunnybankmills.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By John Baron Solar panels could be installed on a popular community facility in Horsforth \u2013 four months&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,229074,229075,209390,1860,16,15],"class_list":["post-786675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leeds","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-grove-centre","tag-grove-centre-horsforth","tag-horsforth","tag-leeds","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116127817298949470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}