Councillors stand by ruling on Shropshire solar farm refusals
Councillors today defended their decision to refuse large-scale solar farms in the Shropshire countryside following two being overturned on appeal in recent months.
Ground-mounted panels on farmland at Acton Scott, near Church Stretton, and Neen Sollars, near Cleobury Mortimer, have now been given the go-ahead by government planning inspectors, despite both being refused by Shropshire Council's south planning committee previously.
But members of the committee said they had been fair in refusing the applications the first time around, and there was anger among members that their carefully considered decisions had been overturned.
Councillor David Evans, chairman of the south planning committee, said: "I think the developers had a fair airing at committee.
