A power company has submitted a formal planning application for a solar farm almost two years after it first announced its intention to build one. Renewable Connections Ltd held a public exhibition of its plans to create Mathurst Solar Farm south west of Staplehurst in July, 2022. Since then it has refined its proposals, which now show solar panels covering 22.5 hectares a mile east of Curtisden Green. The company said it had carried out a “meaningful consultation exercise” in respect of the development, primarily focused on the local community, and had “listened to the views expressed”. As a …