Fareham council boss hits out at plans for huge solar farm

ANGRY Councillor Sean Woodward, leader of Fareham Borough Council

Published in the Portsmouth News on Saturday 15th September 2012

Story by Chris Broom

 

FAREHAM’S council leader has hit out at plans to build the UK’s largest solar farm in the borough.

German renewable energy firm ib vogt wants to build the massive facility – which would produce enough power for 14,000 homes – at Newlands Farm, east of Meoncross School, Stubbington.

But Fareham Borough Council has the land earmarked as a strategic gap – to prevent existing communities from turning into one large sprawl.

Cllr Sean Woodward, the leader of the council, called for full consultation on the plans and said: ‘This is a shocking proposal that I am sure will be of great interest and concern to residents of Stubbington and south Fareham.

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