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Opposition to proposal for four-mile solar farm
Western Morning News (Saturday)
|October 18, 2025
PLANS for a giant solar farm stretching across four miles of North Devon farmland are facing growing local opposition.
The Beacon Solar project is being proposed by Galileo Empower for land at Holsworthy Beacon and is intended to be a 'nationally significant infrastructure project' with a capacity of over 100MW.
If it goes ahead it will be one of the largest solar farms in the UK.
Because of its size it will be decided on by the secretary of state, not Torridge District Council, although the authority will have a role to play in the process and is a consultee along with parish councils.
More than 315 people signed up to a Facebook campaign group 'Stop Beacon Solar - Hands off Holsworthy' in just a few days.
This story is from the October 18, 2025 edition of Western Morning News (Saturday).
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