Good News!
This proposal by the renewables company 'Good Energy' to erect 201,360 solar panels on farmland around the area of St Allen, Zelah, Trispen and St Erme totalling over 300 acres has now been dropped.
We received the following communication from Good Energy as a result of our request for an update:
"As you know we held a consultation in March of this year to assess the suitability of land at Trefronick and Trevalso Farms for a solar development. After a lengthy process, we have now decided not to pursue this application any further. This decision has been made through a combination of consultation and listening to guidance produced by Cornwall Council on the suitability of Grade 3a land for solar of which a large proportion of the site was reported to be. We thank you for your time spent communicating with us and wish you all the best.".
We would like to thank everyone who signed our petition and supported this campaign. It is hoped that Cornwall Council will cease to approve inappropriate industrial developments in future.
This is what the 100 acres at St Allen looks like now.
...and this indicates the area that would have been covered!
