Solar permitting — Crawford County, Arkansas
On file: public meetings, local news.
Active Moratorium; moratorium expires —confirm expiration with county planning. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 500-ft max / 300-ft min setbacks. Track record: denial on record — Multiple wind+solar projects paused under Crawford County May 2024 moratorium → July 22 2025…
Key driver: Western Arkansas Ft. Smith suburbs; OG&E SPP grid; suburban encroachment; moderate CUP burden; AR River Valley terrain
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) - Quorum Court; public hearing required
Setbacks & buffers
No statewide solar siting setback standard has been identified in Arkansas law. Setbacks for utility-scale solar are set locally, by county or municipal zoning where it exists. Verify against the adopting jurisdiction's own ordinance — NOTE: the distances above are a STATE-level fallback, not a figure read from this county's own ordinance. We hold siting-rule records for this county which may include a stricter local limit we have not yet extracted. Verify against the county's own ordinance before relying on these.
Spacing requirements
None established
Size restrictions
None codified; managed via CUP/SUP conditions
Penalties & bonding
Total penalty: +28 | Active moratorium: +28
State-level permits & approvals
County zoning authority; Act 827 sets minimum ANRC standards; conditional use permit or special exception required; decommissioning bond required; setback minimums set by ANRC
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State policy & grid context
State RPS & clean energy policy
No binding RPS | None | Arkansas has no state-mandated RPS; net metering only
State incentive programs
Federal ITC eligible; no Arkansas state solar tax credit; Act 827 ANRC framework
Grid & interconnection
SPP / Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E)
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Battery storage (BESS) P1 State-Default Permitting
No confirmed county BESS ordinance.
BESS ordinances & bylaws
County-level battery-storage status, safety requirements, and projects — each linked to a primary source.
Community opposition P1
No organized opposition on record for this county yet — no petition, group, or oppositional coverage tracked. Read that as nothing found, not as nothing there: absence of records is not evidence of local support.
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Researched for this county and available with a subscription:
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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1
No meetings on file for this jurisdiction flagged as discussing solar, BESS, data centers, wind, or transmission yet. Coverage expands weekly.
State PSC dockets P1
No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.
Local news P3
- 2026-08-26 Griffin Weighs In On Turbine Restrictions,396054
- 2025-11-09 First Arkansas Wind Farm Operating In Cross County
- 2025-08-12 Searcy County Bucks The Trend Denies Moratorium On Wind Energy
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