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![An array of solar panels on grass with blue sky in the background](https://www.cpreoxon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/solar_farm-800x600.jpg)
Cherwell refuses not one, but two solar farms, following impassioned reasoning from locals.
![View of Oxford with trees in the foreground](https://www.cpreoxon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/oxford-green-belt_1600-800x600.jpg)
Oxford Green Belt more valued now than 10 years ago
![Solar Array](https://www.cpreoxon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Solar-array-close-up-800x600.jpg)
New Botley West Solar Consultation
![multiple arms raised in different colours](https://www.cpreoxon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hustings-800x600.jpg)
CPRE Countryside & Environment Hustings
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Vote for a beautiful & thriving countryside for all
![Landscape image of a field at Noke, the proposed site for a solar farm](https://www.cpreoxon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/noke2-800x600.jpg)
Solar farm at Otmoor would be a travesty
![GARD aerial photo montage of Abingdon Reservoir](https://www.cpreoxon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/tw-reservior-graphic-800x600.jpg)
FoI request unearths EA’s advice to Secretary of State regarding Abingdon Reservoir
![A group of people, and a dog, gather around an accessible gate, smiling to camera](https://www.cpreoxon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/OGBW_01-800x600.jpg)
Opening the Gates!
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