It also wants clarity from the government about what it means by a 'cumulative impact' of solar farms.
A council has agreed to write to the government asking it to make sure solar farms are spread "more evenly" across the UK.
Council leader Richard Clewer emphasised that they are not opposed to solar farms, but agreed they need more detail and a better explanation of what the government means by "cumulative impact".the biggest solar farmsThe Lime Down project would see solar panels on 2,000 acres of farmland across six villages in Wiltshire.
Peter Richardson, a parish councillor for Whitley near Melksham, said that if Lime Down were to go ahead, the village would "be completely surrounded by solar farms and associated infrastructure". Meanwhile, Chippenham town councillor and part of the Wiltshire Climate Alliance, Matthew Short, said that while he agreed there should be more solar on rooftops, this would not "match the scale of the problem".
The developer behind the Lime Down scheme, Island Green Power, told the BBC that it "recognises the importance of carefully balancing renewable energy initiatives with the need to preserve the aesthetic and environmental integrity of the areas where we operate".
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