If approved, Sunderland AFC's solar farm would be constructed on a 48-hectare greenbelt site.
If approved, the 40MV solar farm would be constructed on a 48-hectare greenbelt site to the east and west of Sunderland AFC's training centre near Cleadon Village, South Tyneside.
"Meeting our energy goals shouldn't be used to justify the wrong development in the wrong location," he said. The football club declined to comment. The project would have the potential to produce enough energy to meet the annual electrical needs of about 12,120 family homes in South Tyneside and Sunderland, it said in a report about the project.
"It should not be built on the greenbelt," he said, and added the club should instead be looking at brownfield sites for the project.In its planning application for the solar farm, the football club said it had found no brownfield sites of a similar size which would have a lesser impact on the environment.
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