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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Olympic gold medallists Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester see off development to carpet picturesque Gloucestershire fields with solar panelling


RICHARD EDEN: I can disclose that a controversial bid to carpet picturesque Gloucestershire fields with solar panelling has been quashed.

Developers had challenged Forest of Dean District Council's decision to refuse planning permission to plonk solar panels on around 34 acres of farmland in Upleadon, Gloucestershire — an area about 11 times the size of Trafalgar Square. Charlotte Dujardin celebrates winning bronze in the Grand Prix Freestyle - Individual Final, on Gio, to become Great Britain's most decorated female Olympian with six medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Developers had challenged Forest of Dean District Council’s decision to refuse planning permission to plonk solar panels on around 34 acres of farmland in Upleadon, Gloucestershire.

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