Alan Titchmarsh opposes plans for solar farm 15 miles from his home
Alan Titchmarsh is going up against environmentalists and academics by describing plans for a large solar farm 15 miles from his Hampshire home as “totally inappropriate”.
The TV gardener claimed proposals to build more than 22,000 solar panels over almost 54 acres of secluded agricultural fields were “irresponsible and short-sighted”.
The site sits on a 640-metre long section of the Three Castles Path, a 60-mile walking route from Windsor to Winchester based upon the 13th-century journeys of King John at the time of Magna Carta.
Titchmarsh, 71, has formally opposed the scheme in writing to Winchester city council and suggested the solar farm be moved to a brownfield site where the environmental impact would be less damaging.
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