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Devon CPRE Beacon Solar meeting in Holsworthy on Halloween

Devon CPRE urges people to sign petition to fight off unneeded mega solar farm

Devon CPRE, the environmental campaign charity, has issued a battle call to people across the UK to sign and share an online petition against what would be one of Europe’s largest solar arrays on more than 4 square miles of farmland near Holsworthy.

The charity is urging everyone to throw their weight behind its campaign to fend off the massive development at Holsworthy Beacon. It says...

'We Need to Talk About Beacon Solar' public meeting

Promoted by DEVON CPRE, the Devon Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England , in association with STOP BEACON SOLAR.

You are warmly invited to a PUBLIC MEETING AT HOLSWORTHY MEMORIAL HALL with the Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Cox KC MP

Come and hear about the proposed development, tell us what you think about it, and what we should tell the government, who will make the decision on whether this goes ahead.

Email director@cpredevon.org.uk to book your place at the meeting.

Sign the petition at devoncpre.org.uk

Plans to build one of the UK’s largest solar arrays on prime Devon farmland must be headed off at the pass

Plans for a giant solar farm - one of the largest solar arrays in the UK and Europe - covering 2,700 acres of prime farmland in the North West of Devon must be headed off at the pass, says Devon CPRE. The campaigning charity is holding a public meeting with residents on 31 October and has set up an online petition to oppose the development, while it’s still in the pre-application stage....