Balcombe solar farm to ditch community status

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Iconic solar farm is still set to be built, but hopes of a community share issue have been shelved after latest government policy changes

The government's renewable energy reforms have claimed one of their most high profile victims to date, after the group behind efforts to bring a community-owned solar farm to Balcombe, the village at the...

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