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Breaking News: Haddon solar farm – it’s a no!

Buckland Ripers Solar Farm by Odd Wellies

Buckland Ripers Solar Farm by Odd Wellies

We’ve kept you up-to-date about the application for a solar energy farm at Haddon, Huntingdonshire (https://www.cprecambs.org.uk/cpre-news/2024/01/30/haddon-solar-farm/),…


We’re saying no to Rookery Farm Solar Farm

Gareth Ridewood

Photo: Gareth Ridewood

CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has objected to an application for a Solar Farm and Battery…


CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough supports Say No To Sunnica’s campaign

Northfield Solar

CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has long been concerned about Sunnica Ltd’s proposal to site a solar energy farm straddling East Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk (you can read our 2022 objection letter here.  Following…


Sunnica Somersault: Democracy or Dictatorship?

Solar Panels by Chandra Marsono

Solar Panels by Chandra Marsono

We say Energy Secretary Ed Milliband’s trigger-happy go-ahead for a 2,500 acre solar farm on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border smacks more of dictatorship than democracy, and we’re calling for a judicial…


Countryside leads the way on rooftop solar but England’s full potential overlooked

Roof with solar panels - Leo Reynold

Roof with solar panels - Leo Reynold

New CPRE analysis reveals that homes in the countryside are leading the way on solar power generation. 48 of the 50 English parliamentary constituencies with the highest domestic solar generation…