Staffordshire countryside charity raises concern over scale of solar farms and battery storage facilities

The increasing number of solar farms and battery storage facilities being proposed in rural areas is threatening the countryside and food production, a countryside charity has warned. CPRE Staffordshire is concerned about the cumulative impact of such applications, the impact on the Green Belt, and the industrialisation of the countryside.

To show the scale of the issue, CPRE has produced an interactive map of all the proposed and approved solar energy and battery storage facilities in the county. The map can be viewed on CPRE’s website.