Solar farm near Devizes could be the 'size of 40 football pitches'

A solar farm, the size of 40 football pitches, could be built near a small rural village.

Devizes Solar Ltd — a subsidiary of London-based Ampyr Solar Europe — has been granted planning permission to build a 13.5 megawatt set of solar panels on land near Poulshot in Wiltshire.

The Council for the Protection of Rural England claimed the proposals were “not in the right place” and “would transform open farmland into an industrial zone.”

Applicant Michael Breslaw said the solar farm would “provide 5,000 homes a year with clean electricity,” while his agent, Martin Pollard, said the scheme would “deliver much-needed benefits with minimal landscape and visual impacts.”