Stop Steeraway & New Works Solar Power Plants

The Labour government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill: A land grab. This includes compulsory purchase by public bodies & governments (local & national) to buy land (which includes the green belt, farmland and also allotments) at low agricultural value rather than full hope value. After purchase they can sell land to a housing developer or solar panel company at full development value. The Bill also gives compulsory purchase rights to acquire land for nature. This is not a level playing field for farmers and food growers. They will be forced to sell at low value, but the purchaser (often a local council) will be able to sell at full value. This is fundamentally wrong on so many levels.