This is not just happening in the west country; we are getting it in Hertfordshire. We have a number of applications for quite substantial areas of productive farmland. We are talking about 150 or 200 acres, and quite a few of these pieces of land are all in one area, which is causing a lot of concern. It is probably right, when we look at revising the planning framework, that we look at the balance between productive agricultural land and sustainable energy, because both are important. I will just mention Protect the Pelhams and the Bygrave Action Group, which asked me to make that point.
Solar Farms and Battery Storage
Proceeding contribution from
Oliver Heald
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 June 2022.
It occurred during Debate on Solar Farms and Battery Storage.
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