A new 'must read' - campaigners call for refusal

Two local campaigners, Dr Mike Browne and Mr Phillip Bratby have written to the MDDC to object to the proposed development in a highly detailed and well presented case. The full details are published on this website on the page Detailed Objections

In conclusion, they write as follows:

The proposed solar farm conflicts with National Policy, with the UK Solar PV Strategy and with four policies of the Mid Devon Local Plan.  

The benefits of the proposal have been incorrectly given by the applicant, but in any case, with there being no need for the proposal, any benefits would be insignificant, would carry very little weight in the planning balance and would not outweigh the significant adverse impacts.  

Mid Devon District Council should therefore refuse the application.

Where are all the Sheep?: Reality vs Marketing

Weed covered solar farm in Wiltshire

Sheep. According to DEFRA there are about 36 million sheep in the UK. That means that there is about one sheep for every two people! So where are they all? and why arn't we literally tripping over them?

The simple truth is because they are farmed on the low grade land across the country. Sheep inhabit the Welsh Mountains, the Lake District, Dartmoor and Exmoor, The Yorkshire Moors and Yorkshire Dales. They are the creatures of the wild open places.

Monitoring the countryside: People must not go where the weeds now grow

That is why it is very unlikely that you will ever find them fenced in to an industrial solar site, where the grass will struggle to grow in the shade and the exposed cable routes would provide an ever present danger to any livestock.

Print your own poster

You can help draw attention to the plight of Ash Thomas by printing off and displaying the simple message 'SAY NO TO SOLAR PARK'

Just go to the SAY NO TO SOLAR PARK tab on this website and print it off and put it in your window, car, hedge, gate etc

Letter to the Halberton Parish Council

Mike Bull wrote to the Halberton Parish Council on behalf of the community to express our continued objections to the proposed development. A copy of the letter is published on this website, on the tab called Letter to Halberton Parish Council

Community Team delivers hundreds of leaflets

Leaflets have now been delivered to hundreds of homes throughout the local area surrounding the proposed solar site.

A copy of the full text of the leaflet can be seen on the Leaflet tab at the top of this page.

It was a huge task and our thanks go out to every one who helped; from writing to proof reading and printing to final delivery.

Next Parish Planning Meeting Confirmed

The next Halberton PC Planning Committee meeting will be on 

Tuesday 24 June 2014 

at 7.30 

in the 

Jubilee Room in the Halberton Village Hall 

Even the cat came!

Today’s meeting was very well attended, even the village cat came!

The key points were:

DON'T BE DOWN HEARTED: Don't be put off or feel down hearted by this re-submission. It was to be expected.

It is VERY IMPORTANT to let both Halberton Parish and the Mid Devon District Council know if you object.

WRITE AGAIN: You may have written letters to the council before but if you still object, you must write again. Your previous letters will not be considered as a part of this application, so its vital that you write again. Do it in your own words and let them know what you think.