Claire Coutinho warns solar farms and food security are 'competing priorities'

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Claire Coutinho warns solar farms and food security are 'competing priorities'

Ministerial statement seeks to tighten restrictions on solar developments on farmland, sparking bemused and angry response from solar farm industry

The government has vowed to "put food security first", as it announced fresh plans to try and restrict solar farm development on high grade agricultural land and ensure solar projects on buildings and...

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