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Anglesey council has confirmed it will mount a legal challenge against the Welsh government’s decision to allow a solar farm development.<\/p>\n
In August, Welsh government energy secretary Rebecca Evans approved the Alaw M\u00f4n scheme,<\/a> which would see solar panels installed over 660 acres (267 hectares) near the island’s Llyn Alaw reservoir.<\/p>\n It has faced opposition from residents and was met with resistance from the authority, which claimed the Welsh government had gone against its own planning guidelines.<\/p>\n The Welsh government said it could not comment on potential legal challenges. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Council leader Gary Pritchard said the authority was “disappointed and frustrated” by the decision.<\/p>\n Evans previously said “the benefits” outweighed “any harmful effects”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Benefits included the Welsh government’s target to generate 70% of consumed electricity by renewable means by 2030 to combat the climate emergency, she said at the time.<\/p>\n Pritchard said the plans had caused concerns about food safety in the future due to the loss of agricultural land.<\/p>\n “The council has made its opposition to a number of key aspects of this application from the outset,” he said, adding: “And I’m pleased that concerns raised will now lend themselves to support this legal challenge.”<\/p>\n Anglesey independents group leader, Aled Morris Jones, said the island could not afford to lose farm land.<\/p>\n “This project is akin to drowning an area just like Tryweryn, in this case not with water but with solar panels,” he said.<\/p>\n