Council’s latest plans for solar panels in Hastings Country Park

By Richard Gladstone
Published 10th Jan 2020, 12:13 BST
Updated 13th Jan 2020, 12:28 BST
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The council has confirmed it is looking at two possible sites to install solar panels in Hastings Country Park.

One is the field to the south of the milking parlour, the other is the former helipad site.

Cllr Maya Evans, lead councillor for climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development, said: “As part of our pledge to go carbon neutral by 2030, the council has taken initial steps to gather information about potential sites. Currently, we are part way through a consultation process to discover whether ground-mounted solar arrays on certain fields in the country park are viable.

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“We have discounted two of the original four sites we were looking at, to the west of the milking parlour in the country park, and Upper Wilting Farm.

“There is an exclusion zone around a WWII military aircraft crash site in the country park, which is protected as a war grave. And the site we were looking at near Upper Wilting Farm may fall within the site of another WWII ‘plane crash site. Any further exploration would need a licence from the Ministry of Defence.