An East Midlands council is looking to develop a £1m solar farm - and hopes it can sell the energy generated to the company that runs the sewage treatment plant next door.
Derbyshire Dales District Council has revealed plans to build its own solar farm on land off Watery Lane in Ashbourne, which also sits next to a tip, cemetery and allotments.
The council had considered putting a permanent Traveller site on the land, though those plans were changed after a decision from Derbyshire County Council to block any land purchases around Ashbourne which could hinder its plans to build a bypass around the town.
