“The UK’s business secretary has proposed tripling the number of solar panels and doubling onshore wind power in the country by 2030, a move that offers cheap domestic energy but risks strong local protests. Kwasi Kwarteng’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has put forward ambitious targets for the expansion of renewable energy … [Read more…]
“The Daily Mail reports that Camilla Parker-Bowles’s son-in-law, Harry Lopes, is “locked in a furious battle with residents of a Wiltshire beauty spot over …” It says that Lopes, the chief executive of Eden Renewables, is seeking planning permission to build an 89-hectare solar farm between the villages o read the entire article … [Read more…]
“Harry Lopes, married to Laura Parker-Bowles, owns firm which has acquired land for 220-acre Cotswolds project. The Duchess of Cornwall’s son-in-law has been accused of playing on climate change fears in bid to push through a 220-acre solar farm “ read the entire article Penna, Dominic. THe Telegraph 6 August. 2021.
“A second, huge solar farm planned for 220 acres of land near Chippenham has been submitted – prompting rapid local objection. Eden Renewables submitted a planing application for the solar farm at Leigh Delamere – just after another bid went in for the 200 acre site at Forest Gate. Stanton St Quinton Parish Council … [Read more…]
“Two parish councils have bucked the trend of objecting to the schemes – by supporting them, despite considerable local opposition. Eden Renewables has put in a planing application for a 220 acre solar farm at Leigh Delamere – just after it submitted another bid for the 200 acre site at Forest Gate. Stanton St … [Read more…]
“On Saturday, more than 150 protesters, alongside North Wiltshire MP James Gray, rallied against the plans to build a distributor road linking the A350 and the 7,500 extra houses it would pave the way for. Mr Gray said they must stop the “desecration of the countryside”. Steve Perry, chairman of CAUSE, the Campaign Against … [Read more…]
“HERE are some of the questions and answers from last night’s (Thursday’s) online consultation to give locals a chance to have their say on discuss plans for a proposed solar farm north of the A4 and east of Chippenham, at Forest Gate. The development, proposed by Wiltshire-based Eden Renewables, could be up and running … [Read more…]
“A public consultation has been launched for a proposed solar farm north of the A4 and east of Chippenham, at Forest Gate. The proposed development, by Wiltshire-based Eden Renewables, is for a solar farm that would generate enough renewable electricity to supply the equivalent of around 13,800 typical homes. Local people will also have … [Read more…]
“We campaign for a beautiful and living countryside. We work to protect, promote and enhance our towns and countryside to make them better places to live, work and enjoy, and to ensure the countryside is protected for now and future generations.” website Campaign to Protect Rural England CPRE letter
“Solstice Renewables, the developers of nearby Warren Solar Farm, (now owned by Anesco Ltd) have generously donated £22,500 to North Baddesley Parish Council’s Community Benefit Fund from which a new tractor and accompanying accessories have been purchased. The Parish Council’s groundsman, Jim Upfold, recently took delivery of the new vehicle and confirmed it would … [Read more…]