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Article from the Sunday Telegraph By Jonathan Leake

Farmers Weekly By Debbie James The deputy prime minister is to rule on whether a solar energy company can erect panels on about 52ha of tenanted farmland in North Yorkshire, after she snatched that decision-making process away from a planning inspector. Angela Rayner stepped [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]