A bitter row over plans for a huge solar farm on swathes of green space in Telford reached an unedifying new stage this week when it emerged the borough council’s opposition to the plans failed because it missed a deadline by a few days.
The saga of the New Works solar farm proposals took a new twist earlier this week, as per the reporting of my colleague Dominic Robertson.
Telford & Wrekin Council disagreed, and rejected the planning application - councillors said they supported green energy principles, but not at the expense of the borough’s premium green spaces.
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