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
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Key archaeological site in Silchester will have solar farm as a neighbour after appeal overturns original decision to reject the development
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.
The 'enormous' stretch of solar panels would dwarf the Hampshire site which is home to ruins, a bathhouse, and the remains of an amphitheatre.
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