A solar farm the size of 86 football pitches on high-grade farmland has been rejected and decried as “insane” as the developers are told “it should be on roofs and car parks” instead. Developers insist that the installation near Sittingbourne would have created enough power for 11,500 homes, but were told “It isn’t an industrial landscape, it’s the garden of England.” Industria Solar Vigo Ltd originally applied for the sprawling solar farm either side of Vigo Lane and Wrens Road near Borden in May 2023. Including a control building, switch room, substations, grid connection equipment and compo…
