Alan Titchmarsh denounces plan to build 22,000 solar panels on countryside near his home
He said it would be short-sighted to destroy green spaces in favour of green energy
He said brownfield sites should be used before green spaces for any solar farms
Alan Titchmarsh is fighting plans to erect more than 22,000 solar panels over pristine green fields just 15 miles from his home.
Although the project has been hailed as a way to reach net zero and avert the climate crisis, he has argued that green spaces should not be sacrificed in favour of green energy, and brownfield should be used instead.
THIS is the first look at a statue set to be unveiled at Winchester University later this month. Christine Charlesworth is the artist behind this sculpture of Greta Thunberg, who propelled into the national media when she began the school climate strikes 2018. After a year of work, it is finally ready to be unveiled at the uni on March 30. Christine, of Milford, Surrey, believes this is the first full-size sculpture of the activist. She told the
Chronicle: I was commissioned by Winchester University who selected a few artists to give presentations of their ideas for a sculpture of Greta in March 2020.
TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh has joined the tide of opposition to a solar farm north of Alresford. Objections, and latterly expressions of support, have been pouring into the city council office over plans for land off Godsfield Lane, Armsworth. There have been around 685 objections and 175 supports. Mr Titchmarsh is Chancellor of the Winchester University, a senior honorary role. And among the supporters of the scheme, according to the council, is Prof Joy Carter, vice chancellor of the university. Alan Titchmarsh has written in opposition to plans for a solar farm north of Alresford. Mr Titchmarsh, of Holybourne, near Alton, wrote to the council: “A totally inappropriate site for this scale of solar power installation. Brownfield sites can be easily developed without affecting public amenities and areas of natural beauty that are valuable for both wildlife and human health and well-being. We do need to harness natural resources but not when the creation of
Winchester numbers In the Winchester district as a whole official figures in the week to Thursday March 4 reports there were 29 cases, down 13, or 31 per cent, for a rolling rate per 100,000 people of just 23.2. The Press Association national news agency reported that the figures to Thursday March 4 show only 22 places out of 315 in the UK with a better record than Winchester, mostly in the West Country. The district covers more than just the city but includes countryside from Micheldever to Denmead. In the last seven days to today (Tuesday) there have only been 26 new cases in the Winchester district, down from the previous week’s 38.