A Suffolk parish council is holding an extraordinary meeting tomorrow to discuss whether environmental assessments should be made for solar farms in the area.
A proposal for a solar farm the size of 850 football pitches has been put forward. EcoPower Suffolk has applied to build a solar farm and battery storage facility near Eye.
Opdenergy, a company based in Madrid, revealed an early proposal for the development at Hall Farm, south of School Road in Ringsfield Corner, near Beccles.
A controversial plan for a 200-acre (0.8-sq-km) solar farm near Reepham, Norfolk has been approved, despite objections from residents.
Mid Suffolk District Council unanimously supported the plans, which would see panels placed on farmland at Palgrave near Diss in Norfolk.
Mid Suffolk District Council is due to discuss plans for a 35-hectare (86 acres) solar farm on farmland in Earl Stonham, near Stowmarket
Plans for a solar farm in Bentley near Ipswich were refused by councillors after one said they were "totally inappropriate."
A proposal to build one of the UK’s biggest solar farms in the Suffolk countryside has been thrown out, despite council officers recommending the scheme for approval.
In a recent case, a solar farm and battery storage facility at Walpole Marsh in Norfolk was rejected by the planning inspectorate due to loss of agricultural land.
Plans for a large solar farm and battery storage facility at Walpole Marsh on the edge of west Norfolk have been rejected.