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Kali Lindsay

Northumberland solar farm campaigners fear it will ruin their 'treasured rural landscape'

Campaigners fighting against plans for a Northumberland solar farm fear the development will ruin their "treasured rural landscape".

Exagen Limited has lodged a pre-planning application for a renewable energy park at Highfield, near Whittonstall that could comprise between 75,000 and 100,000 solar panels.

Known as Highfield Energy Park, it would be a ground-mounted solar farm that would have the ability to export 49.9 megawatts of energy.

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