A SENIOR Cornwall Councillor has called on the council's planning chiefs to re-think the policy on solar farms following complaints of glare since the installation of a solar farm in Callington. The solar farm at Haye Road, which was constructed at the end of 2013, is now in operation but many residents have said they are now affected by solar glare in the mid to late afternoon in sunny weather. Cornwall councillor for Callington Andrew Long said: 'When the applications are presented to councillors at the committee, we are told all the time that solar farms do not create glare. However, in the case of the Haye Road application the position of the town to the south east of the site, means that some of the town is affected by glare for a number of hours each day when the sun shines. This has adversely affected the residents to the north west of the town. 'I have asked that new conditions regarding glare are put in place at the earliest opportunity as at the moment this is an unacceptable situation. 'In the past we were also told solar farms do not create noise, but residents close to the Pitt Farm installation at Bray Shop know to their costs that while the panels do not make a noise, the inverters that convert the energy into electricity most certainly do.' The issue came to the fore at the annual planning conference held in Redruth recently, when the Haye Road farm installation was highlighted as a problem that had not been dealt with in the past. Terry Grove-White, Cornwall Council assistant head of planning, housing and regeneration, said: 'The council is refining and developing its guidance on renewable energy. 'This new guidance will be considered by the council's committees in October. 'This new supplementary planning guidance will include reference to assessing and responding to potential issues of glare from renewable energy schemes. This will set out when glint and glare assessments are required by new developments.'