{"id":269558,"date":"2026-02-05T20:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269558\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:58:08","slug":"petition-challenges-englands-biggest-solar-farm-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269558\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition challenges England&#8217;s biggest solar farm plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The proposals are currently being examined by the Planning Inspectorate, with a final decision expected from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Campaigners argue that solar panels up to 4.5 metres high could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cvg3d377z8eo\" class=\"ssrcss-edv9ii-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;devastate the Northamptonshire countryside&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sarah Bool said: &#8220;This development will cover swathes of prime agricultural land in solar panels at a time when we should be prioritising food security as a key tenet of national security. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The reasons to oppose this development are extensive and the voices of residents loud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stuart Andrew added that the &#8220;sheer size and scale&#8221; would have a major impact on the countryside and warned of losing agricultural land at a time of global uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Green Hill Solar said the farm would &#8220;benefit Britain with clean, secure, low-cost energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to its website, if the solar farm is approved, construction would begin in 2027 with the aim of providing electricity to homes by 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The proposals are currently being examined by the Planning Inspectorate, with a final decision expected from the Secretary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-269558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}