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Campaigners seek High Court ruling to question Ed Miliband's 'desecration' of farmland for solar

Goole and Pocklington MP David Davis said solar infrastructure not only places a risk to food security, but also the quality of life for countryside communities, the natural environment and surrounding wildlife

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 5 min read
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband may no longer be smiling as North Yorkshire residents seek a judicial review which they hope could help set a precedent in limiting the number of applications which gain Government approval in the future and to realise the importance of protecting the UK's best most versatile agricultural land from solar.
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Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband may no longer be smiling as North Yorkshire residents seek a judicial review which they hope could help set a precedent in limiting the number of applications which gain Government approval in the future and to realise the importance of protecting the UK's best most versatile agricultural land from solar.

Rural communities in Yorkshire are seeking to take the Government to court in a bid to both question the decision making process undertaken for approving solar farms and the impact projects have in causing...

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