Tenant farmers lose bid to stop solar farm from being built on agricultural land

Emma and Rob Sturdy said they were devastated after receiving the verdict from Minister of State for Housing and Planning Matthew Pennycook on behalf of Housing Secretary Angela Rayner

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The Sturdy family have been left 'devastated and shell shocked' after the Government approved plans for Harmony Energy to build solar farm infrastructure on their 110 hectare farm. Emma Sturdy said: "It feels like the Government is taking a huge swipe at successful farming businesses and making them unviable because they prioritise solar over agriculture at all costs."
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The Sturdy family have been left 'devastated and shell shocked' after the Government approved plans for Harmony Energy to build solar farm infrastructure on their 110 hectare farm. Emma Sturdy said: "It feels like the Government is taking a huge swipe at successful farming businesses and making them unviable because they prioritise solar over agriculture at all costs."

North Yorkshire tenant farmers have been left ‘shell shocked' after the Government granted permission for a solar farm to be built on their 110 hectare farm. Emma and Rob Sturdy, from Eden Farm in Old...

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