£1,000,000-a-year in funding could be made available to community plans as part of proposed solar farm plans. The proposed Great North Road Solar Park scheme, near Newark, is at the early engagement stage and is ultimately planned to power as many as 400,000 homes whilst helping the UK’senergy independence. The scheme is planned to create a ring of solar panels and infrastructure four miles in wide in the countryside near Newark, west of the A1, encircling Caunton. It has faced opposition from parish councils in the area, who have said they will fight back against the proposed development — bu…
