Marquis of Waterford claims solar farm will interfere with sporting rights on land leased by gun club

The registered owner of the land consented to the application for planning permission

The solar farm developer is BNRG Mothel Ltd which wants to install photovoltaic panels mounted on steel frames over 141 hectares at an estimated cost of €100m. File photo

The 9th Marquis of Waterford is objecting to a solar farm because he says it will interfere with sporting rights he has over the land on which it is being built.

Henry De La Poer Beresford claims in High Court proceedings that he has certain "profits à prendre" — right to take resources or sporting rights — over the land at Bishopstown, Carrick-on-Suir, Co Waterford.