Representation by Chris Lee-McCloud
- Date submitted
- 30 January 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Too big Too close to villages Battery units too large and unsafe with regards to fire. Battery units too close to homes and schools in case of fire. Sunnica does not intend to add to National Grid but plans to sell power to highest bidder overseas, allegedly. There has been insufficient consultation. Sunnica have not attended meetings in Isleham, despite the effects on the village of their plans, and they did not answer questions on the Zoom meetings. The boundaries of the plan keep changing. The scheme will remove huge areas of prime farmland, and leave it contaminated and not suitable for return to agriculture. There is the risk of contamination and damage to the chalk aquifer that supplies much of our region. Damage to wildlife and loss of rare species, with totally inadequate mitigation measures. The battery farms are placed too close to homes and schools. They are a proven fire risk and the plan does not include sufficient information about how fires will be avoided or controlled. This scheme is 11 times bigger than any other working scheme in UK and built around our villages so will cause risk to life. The loss of farmland will result in job losses and it will not be suitable to return to farmland at the end of the scheme so our village life will be lost forever and become industrial land. How will the solar panels and other infrastructure be disposed of at the end of the scheme? Is the plan environmentally friendly? What will the next generation inherit in terms of clear-up? It will not benefit the locals as energy will be stored and sold abroad and will create job losses and loss and damage to countryside permanently.