The East Pye Solar Farm has now entered the examination phase of the planning process, prompting locals in the Norfolk villages it would affect to step up their opposition.

The plans, put forward by developer Island Green Power, would cover 2,718 acres of countryside - almost all of it farmland - close to the villages of Hempnall, Saxlingham, Shotesham, Brooke, Woodton and Great Moulton.

With a planned capacity of up to 500MW, enough to power........

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