Welsh farmers launch landmark claim against ‘intimidating’ pylon firm

About 500 farmers challenge Green Gen Cymru in high court over alleged disregard for landowners and biosecurity

A group of 500 Welsh farmers have brought a landmark legal claim to the high court over the alleged conduct of a green energy developer planning to build electricity pylon routes across their land.

The court will hear allegations that Green Gen Cymru “unlawfully sought entry to private land, intimidated landowners, and showed disregard for biosecurity and basic rights”, as well as examine laws that force landowners to sell property to utility companies, in a hearing on Tuesday and Wednesday.