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EXCLUSIVE EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Olympic gold medallists Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester see off development to carpet picturesque Gloucestershire fields with solar panelling By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 5 June 2024 | Updated: 01:10 BST, 6 June 2024 e-mail 44 shares 10 View comments She is Britain's second-most decorated female Olympian, with three gold medals in equestrianism, but Charlotte Dujardin 's biggest victory was not won on horseback. I can disclose that a controversial bid to carpet picturesque Gloucestershire fields with solar panelling, which she opposed with fellow gold medallist Carl Hester, has been quashed. The dressage riders said plans for the six-megawatt solar farm near stables they use could hinder their horses' fitness regime and harm their chances of Team GB selection.

Developers had challenged Forest of Dean District Council's decision to refuse planning permission to plonk solar panels on around 34 acres of farmland in Upleadon, Gloucestershire — an area about 11 times the size of Trafalgar Square. But now a planning inspector has dismissed the appeal by Pathfinder Clean Energy UK Dev Ltd. Charlotte Dujardin celebrates winning bronze in the Grand Prix Freestyle - Individual Final, on Gio, to become Great Britain's most decorated female Olympian with six medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games The dressage riders said plans for the six-megawatt solar farm near stables they use could hinder their horses' fitness regime and h.



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