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Football club solar farm faces backlash

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Sunderland AFC said it wanted to be one of the first net zero clubs in the UK

A football club's plans for a new solar farm have faced backlash from nearby residents.

If approved, the 40MV solar farm would be constructed on a 48-hectare (118-acre) greenbelt site to the east and west of Sunderland AFC's training centre near Cleadon Village, South Tyneside.

But Nigel Bundred, a South Tyneside resident, has set up a petition calling for the plans to be scrapped.

"Meeting our energy goals shouldn't be used to justify the wrong development in the wrong location," he said.