Plans for a solar farm the size of 179 football pitches near Radlett have been blocked by the government.
Plans for a solar farm the size of 179 football pitches just outside Watford have been blocked by the government.If approved, it would have seen thousands of solar panels, battery storage and underground cables built on two Green Belt sites, one north west of the Elstree Aerodrome and another west of the A5183 Watling Street.
Although the minister did consider the public benefit of producing renewable energy, the solar farm would have been a “noticeable discordant and jarring feature” next to local heritage assets such as the Grade-II listed Hilfield Castle, which dates to the late 1700s.Plans for 675 homes and primary school in"area of outstanding natural beauty"
The councillor added: “We are obviously as a council in favour of solar power, but the scale of this and the sighting of this was simply too much.”
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