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Rows of solar panels in a field

Decision on controversial plans for Devon’s largest solar farm delayed pending site visit

A special meeting of Mid Devon’s Planning Committee was held remotely on the 31st March to consider a proposal to construct a massive solar farm with battery storage near the village of Langford.

About fifty members of the public, who object to plans for the biggest solar farm in Devon, attended the meeting to hear a report by the council’s Head of Planning, Economy and Regeneration...

£50m Home Park redevelopment gets green light

Plymouth City Council has given the go ahead to plans for a £50m redevelopment of Plymouth Argyle's Home Park ground and its vicinity.

Councillors approved the project at a detailed planning committee meeting held at the Civic Centre on Thursday (15 August) while some Argyle fans waited on tenterhooks outside.

The regeneration project, proposed by the club's owner Akkeron Group...