Giant solar farm next to Hampshire Roman ruins gets green light after U-turn
Key archaeological site in Silchester will have solar farm as a neighbour after appeal overturns original decision to reject the development
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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Campaigners celebrate as plans to build solar farm next to Roman village of Silchester are REJECTED
Nearly 700 people, including a leading Roman Britain expert, launched a campaign against proposals to build the enormous solar panel farm in the Hampshire countryside.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
'Important' Roman village of Silchester 'under threat from solar farm plans'
The enormous stretch of solar panels would dwarf the Hampshire site which is home to ruins, a bathhouse, and the remains of an amphitheatre.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Roman town feared at risk from giant solar farm twice the size of Vatican City
The 210-acre site could cause some of the best-preserved Roman walls in Britain to be lost to future research forever, experts and MPs warn
Source: telegraph.co.uk