Residents of Spring Valley Road in Yarwun are seeing their dream of a rural lifestyle “tree-change” under serious threat if a solar farm proposed goes ahead in Yarwun.
Bob Hooley, whose family has farmed in the same location for four generations says the prospect of losing his beautiful view over Spring Valley to a 1.8 m high fence topped with three strands of barbed wire is keeping him awake at night, with concerns about visual pollution, glare and potential disturbance to television and wi-fi signals and the deleterious effects on property values.
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