Protesters have won a High Court battle to stop a wind turbine being erected in a Northamptonshire village as Deputy Judge John Howell QC ruled the project earmarked for Poplars Farm in Wappenham should be blocked because the contribution it would make to fighting climate change did not outweigh the damage it would do to the landscape and the setting of nearby listed buildings.
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