The PM attacked the installations during her leadership campaign, and has called them 'a blight on the landscape'.
But the solar ban has already been criticised by Tory MP Angela Richardson, who has a majority of just 3,337 over the Liberal Democrats in her"Blue Wall" constituency of Guildford in Surrey.
"I'm somebody who wants to see farmers producing food, not filling in forms, not doing red tape, not filling fields with paraphernalia like solar farms," she said in Darlington."What we want is crops and we want livestock."Liz Truss spoke about her opposition to solar farms on agricultural land during the Tory leadership campaign
The row over solar panels on farmland comes as the PM faces a rural rebellion over nature protection and the environment as she pursues her dash for economic growth. And as MPs return to Westminster after the party conference recess with Tory support collapsing in opinion polls, some Conservative MPs are also alarmed at the prospect of voters in rural areas deserting the party.
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