Hospital's 1,000 solar panel plan approved

A hospital has been given approval to install more than 1,000 solar panels on its buildings.

The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plans to fit 1,085 panels on the roofs of buildings in the grounds of Scarborough Hospital.

Approving the scheme, North Yorkshire Council stated the panels should be fitted in a way which least changed the external appearance of buildings and should be "removed as soon as reasonably practicable when no longer needed".

No objections to the scheme were made by the local parish council or members of the public.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service said plans showed the panels could save more than 72,638kg CO2 a year.

The average UK household emits around 6,000kg of CO2 annually, according to analysis by Heatable.

Proposals submitted to the council stated the panels would be supplied with a "anti-reflective coating", to prevent reflection of light from the surface.

Plans also stated the installation would support the trust's aim of "achieving net zero carbon and assisting with their decarbonising agenda".

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