C-26-05 Sunrise Shaws Corner Road Solar
Description
A proposed community solar generating facility on 16.5 acres of active cropland near Kenton, now in the full conditional use process after seven neighbor objections.
Impact summary
The hearing would decide whether the community solar facility may be built on the Shaws Corner Road parcels.
Applicant
- Name
- Sunrise Solar c/o Dan Baugher
- Address
- East side of Shaws Corner Rd., approx. 0.75 miles south of Sudlersville Rd., south of Kenton, DE
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 9
- Total mentions
- 3
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 15, 2026.
Meeting timeline (3)
Levy Court Business - Sep 15, 2026
A request for conditional use approval of a Community Energy Generating Facility (Solar) outside the Growth Zone Overlay District, covering two parcels, scheduled for public hearing.
Regional Planning Commission Business Meeting - Sep 10, 2026
The community solar farm failed to get a recommendation, 2-4, despite a Jester amendment limiting heavy equipment during school walking hours.
Regional Planning Commission Public Hearing - Sep 3, 2026
A roughly 4-megawatt community solar array on 16.5 acres of farmland, surrounded by homes and Amish farms, that drew a packed room of opponents citing fire risk, farmland loss, wildlife, and glare.
Related issues (2)
Community solar farm near Kenton
A proposed 16.5-acre community solar farm on Shaws Corner Road has divided a rural community. Opponents worry about fire response, farmland loss, wildlife, glare, and property values; the developer says it meets all setbacks and buffers and feeds Delmarva Power's community solar program.
Community solar on Shaws Corner Road
A proposed community solar farm failed to win a commission recommendation, splitting the panel 2-4. It now goes to Levy Court with no recommendation, leaving the final call uncertain.
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