Councillor's request for 'proper' public meeting on Walton solar farm refused by developer

Given the scale of the proposed 22.2-megawatt industrial solar farm, a Shopshire councillor asked the developer for an additional public consultation

Mia Willemsen
News and business reporter
clock • 3 min read
Upper Walton Farm, the site proposed for the industrial solar development
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Upper Walton Farm, the site proposed for the industrial solar development

A Shropshire county councillor's formal request for a proper public meeting on a proposed 130-acre solar farm at Walton and Onibury has been refused by the developer, who has instead the community's only...

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