Solar farm ambitions dimmed after planning refusal
Plans for a solar farm with the capacity to power 8,000 homes have been voted down by Cornwall Council.
Copper Bottom Solar Farm is a 49-hectare site near Camborne planned by Aura Power Developments.
Planning officials from Cornwall Council had recommended plans for the site be approved, but planning committee members voted 9-2 to refuse.
Cornwall Council declared a climate emergency in January 2019 and has set an ambition to become carbon neutral by 2030.
However councillors chose to place greater importance on the loss o... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
