Cleve Hill Solar Park judicial review bid by Kent council fails
Stories like this make me wonder what the point of local democracy is…
A council has been told it cannot challenge plans to build the UK’s largest solar farm on the north Kent coast.
The Cleve Hill Solar Park will consist of 800,000 panels built on 890 acres (360 hectares) of farmland at Graveney.
Swale Borough Council was told there is no legal basis on which they can challenge the government’s decision to approve the plan.
The council had argued for a judicial review to protect wildlife habitats.
The consent for the development was granted to Cleve Hill Solar Park Ltd by the government, on 28 May.