Telford & Wrekin Council says it will legally challenge the Government’s decision to allow a new solar farm to be built near Telford.
The council is to challenge the approval for the solar farm
Councillor Shaun Davies, leader of Telford & Wrekin Council said: “On the stroke of a pen, Whitehall have sealed the fate of some of our most strategically important and much valued landscape. The Steeraway Solar Farm site will be even more intrusive than New Works Lane, blighting the surrounds of the Wrekin for generations to come.
“As a council, we fully support the production of green energy. We are one of just a handful of councils in the country to run our own successful solar farm and as a planning authority, we have approved many solar farms in appropriate locations across the borough, but green energy should not be prioritised blindly over green space. These farms need to be built in the right places.
The council’s planning committee refused planning permission for the 99-acre solar farm at New Works between Arleston and Lawley before a planning inspector agreed with that view, but a minister at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities overruled the decision in March 2023, giving the solar farm the green light.
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