Alan Titchmarsh claims the plans are “irresponsible and short-sighted”Alan Titchmarsh is going up against environmentalists and academics by describing plans for a large solar farm 15 miles from his Hampshire home as “totally inappropriate”. The TV gardener claimed proposals to build more than 22,000 solar panels over almost 54 acres of secluded agricultural fields were “irresponsible and short-sighted”. SponsoredThe site sits on a 640-metre long section of the Three Castles Path, a 60-mile walking route from Windsor to Winchester based upon the 13th-century journeys of King John at the time of Magna Carta. Titchmarsh, 71, has formally opposed the scheme in writing to Winchester city council and suggested the solar farm be moved to a brownfield site where the environmental impact would be less damaging. “Brownfield sites can be easily developed without

Source: The Times March 12, 2021 12:03 UTC