CPRE: Policy Guidance Note On Solar Energy

CPRE: Policy Guidance Note on Solar Energy

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) have issued a policy guidance note on Solar Energy discussing some of the law and policy issues associated with solar farm development. 

Although the guidance note is not a Government Policy document, it makes some useful contributions to the future development of solar energy in the UK.

The document recognises the important role which solar energy will play in meeting future energy needs, in particular contributing to the Government's renewable energy targets. However, the organisation are keen to ensure that solar farms "are located where they do not harm the natural beauty or productivity of the countryside and in ways that provide local benefits."