A renewable energy site which led a councillor to label a county as “a dumping ground for solar farms” has been given the green light.
Back in July, Wiltshire Council’s strategic planning committee turned down plans for a 218-acre (88 hectare) solar farm near Devizes on the grounds it would blight the landscape, with councillor Chris Brautigam adding the county had “done its bit”.
The rejection of The Potterne Park Farm was then appealed by Potterne Solar Project Limited, the company behind the project.
Planning inspector Cullum Parker gave it the go ahead and said although there would be “some harm to the character and appearance” of the area, it would be “very limited and very localised”.