Campaigners against a proposed large solar farm have had posters outside their homes vandalised.

Stop Botley West campaigners found that the posters in Long Hanborough, Bladon and Church Hanborough have been scrawled with the word 'nimby'.

They say this is just the latest action against the campaign, which has included aggressive and abusive tweets, and the illegal cloning of their website.

Nimby stands for 'not in my backyard', and is used to describe someone who objects to certain developments near where they live.

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Photovolt Development Partners (PVDP) proposes to build a 1,000 hectare (2,471-acre) facility which would cover sites near Botley, Kidlington and Woodstock on land largely owned by Blenheim.

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It is strongly opposed by all West Oxfordshire parish councils, CPRE, Witney MP Robert Courts and Oxford West MP Layla Moran.

Long Hanborough resident Joe Yeowart had a poster on the side fence of his house defaced.

He said: "The reason it’s there is because a member of the committee, I suppose you’d call it, asked if he could put it there. I said a, I don’t own the land and b, I have no objection.

“There’s always these people who have their own view and are not prepared to have a discussion about it."

He added: “I’m not a nimby. I am not against solar power but I do think the proposal is not the right proposal.

“I actually think they should build smaller units to minimize the power loss due to the lineage.

“Solar power I’m for but not at that scale in a beautiful part of the country. To me it beggars belief that in any part of the country they would build a solar field as big as Heathrow airport.

"Ironically Blenheim have just put out their winter newsletter in which they are very proud of the fact they have the best view in England.

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"The irony is, they are just about to destroy everybody else’s."

Campaigners believe the step up in action has been prompted by PVDP having launched the second round of public consultation which runs until February 8.

Chas Simpkins had a large poster on his barn wall on the main road through Long Hanborough graffitied.

He said: “It’s wrong. Everyone is entitled to freedom of speech.

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"It’s no coincidence that this is happening just as the consultation is launched. It feels like people are having a go at us. The feeling in this area is pretty strong."

He added: “I’m not a Nimby at all. Well, in fact yes, actually I am. We don’t really want a solar farm in our location. We know we need renewable energy but this is just beyond…

“At a time when we should we should be concentrating on food security and growing our food we are covering 3,000 acres with solar panels.”

If approved, PVDP said the site would deliver enough energy to power more than 330,000 homes.

The vandalism has been reported to the police.