Representation by John James
- Date submitted
- 27 January 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I own and have developed Brookside Stud in Badlingham and have been here for 15 years. This proposal runs right up to my boundary where we have high end mares and foals in the paddocks. I am the closest resident to the storage of the batteries which occupies a site larger than my stud. I have requested several times to SUNNICA about the safety and protocol about the batteries and the very high risk to me and my family and my business without any response from them. The impact this will have on me and my families mental health and the very real prospect of loosing our customers who feel it would be too much of a risk to board their Bloodstock so close to this ticking time bomb. It would see the collapse of my business and probably the loss of our home which would in effect be unsalable. The safety and siting of the battery site. The upheaval that the construction will have on me, my family and business. Also the unbelievable destruction of 2.5 thousand acres of valuable land that has produced good food to help feed our country for hundreds of years especially in today’s uncertainty of food / grain shortages, not what you would deem ‘Zero Carbon’ when we start importing more sustainable foods from around the globe.