A roughly 1,200 acre solar array in Manchester near Benning and Weisberg Roads became the focal point for many. Are you a Dearborn County resident concerned about solar farms? Instead of a loss of what's traditionally been farmland, the man viewed it as land being preserved for future farm use once the solar farm is decommissioned and hauled away. He said they were still in the study phase and hadn't submitted any formal plan or proposal to Dearborn County regulators. "The permit process established in Dearborn County is not one that is granted by right.