Councils will work together to decide on Devon solar farm
Councillor David Brenton expressed concern that this system could result in Torridge's vote being "suppressed" but councillor Bob Hicks said he didn't see any issues, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) reported."As the alternating chairman of the joint planning policy committee working directly with North Devon, we get on extremely well," he said.Councillor Chris Leather said: "It makes sense as we are all singing from the same local plan anyway."He said he believed this to be largest solar farm application the two areas had ever seen.In 2023, the CPRE produced a map to show that nine of the largest solar farms, more than 100 acres, in Devon were in the local authority areas of Torridge, North Devon, Mid Devon and East Devon.
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