‘I don’t want an industrial site where cows used to be’: The farmers under threat from solar developers
A government-backed drive to boost solar power has left tenant farmers vulnerable across the country Peter Stanford 30 June 2024 • 12:30pm “I’ve been here all my life.” Andrew Dakin is taking a break from his cattle on Kidsley Park Farm, 110 acres [...]
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I am delighted to be able to say the North Yorkshire Planning Committee have overwhelmingly refused permission for solar and battery storage at Eden Farm with 10 votes against 4. There 4 planning reasons for rejection are: Impact on the tenant farmer Lack of evidence put [...]
Farm Victory Over Rees-Mogg Trust
The Times by Ben Ellery Tenant farmers have fended off a proposal linked to Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg's wife to kick them off their land to make way for solar panels. Rob Sturdy, whose grandfather Guy moved to Eden Farm in Malton, Yorkshire, in 1954, faced the [...]
Victory for Yorkshire tenants as solar farm proposal rejected
Farmers Weekly By Philip Case Yorkshire tenant farmers Robert and Emma Sturdy are celebrating after winning a three-year battle against a large-scale solar panel development on their farm. North Yorkshire Council has refused consent for a solar farm and battery storage system on tenanted farmland run [...]
Yorkshire tenant family farm’s future at risk
Family farms are the backbone of agriculture and the rural community. In this special feature, chief reporter Rachael Brown meets one family who are doing all they can to save their farm from a solar panel development. A decision will be made on October 10 It [...]
Get off our land! Farmers told to make way for solar panels
The Times, Ben Ellery 3rd February 2023 TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP For generations Rob Sturdy’s family have tended their farm and produced wheat, rapeseed oil and barley in the town of Malton, celebrated by chefs as Yorkshire’s food capital. However, he and his family face the [...]