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'Disappointment' as councils pull out of Sunnica judicial review proceedings

"The developer still has a huge mountain to climb before they send in the diggers to the food production fields of rural East Cambridgeshire and Suffolk"

Chris Brayford
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“Now local taxpayers are going to have to foot the bill for the costs to the councils of this unwanted, appalling development."
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“Now local taxpayers are going to have to foot the bill for the costs to the councils of this unwanted, appalling development."

A solar energy development on the borders of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire has received a boost after two councils pulled out of progressing a judicial review proceeding. Suffolk County Council and East...

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