Representation by Linda Homan
- Date submitted
- 30 January 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
This scheme is ill thought through. It encases 8 villages with solar. It occupies good agricultural land. It plans 50 acres (spread out) of batter storage containing lithium-Ion batteries which are not yet safety tested at this large scale. It means that wherever the public enter these local villages they will see nothing but solar panels and this will negatively impact their mental health. The solar will be in place for 40 years. There will be children who may never see these fields in their youth, due to the length of time this profit making venture will be in place. This is not a scheme that will benefit the community who have to suffer the negative effects or loss of farmland, loss of views and fields to walk through or beside. This venture is for profit makers/shareholders. The land is precious as there are rare Roman finds. There are protected birds such as the Woodcock who nest in these areas. All of the greenfield land being taken by Sunnica is good quality irrigated vegetable growing farmland, which provides habitats for 100's of species • We cannot afford to lose this land. The UK is only 64% self-sufficient in food • Importing panels and batteries from China (known to use slave labour for some solar panel production), and the poor scheme design, means the scheme has a huge carbon footprint • University analysis of the Sunnica scheme shows it cannot be 'green'. It will create more carbon in it’s lifetime than it ever saves. Sunnica hinders our pursuit of Carbon Zero by 2050 • If this industrial solar plant happens the value of our properties will be affected forever