JOHN NETTLES PRESENTS DEVON CPRES SAVE OUR FIELDS FROM SOLAR FARMS CAMPAIGN

Devon CPRE is enormously grateful to TV star John Nettles for spearheading our campaign against proposals for everlarger solar farms that threaten to despoil Devons green and pleasant countryside. This video challenges green claims that solar farms are low carbon and are a good use of agricultural land. They are not If solar farms are so good for converting sun to electricity to help solve a global issue, surely they should be sited in parts of the world where the sun is strongest, not on rainy Devons precious green farmland just for some to make a vast profit John Nettles lives near the village of Pyworthy in northwest Devon where residents, with our help, are fighting proposals for a massive solar installation at Derril Water. Details of the planning application can be found on the Torridge District Council website (reference 1, 0249, 2021, FULM). Please support us by objecting to this and the other current proposals throughout the county, which total around 1, 000 acres of farmland in Torridge, No