Representation by Geraldine Ciantar
- Date submitted
- 1 February 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
1.The designated land is prime farming land which we need to grow our own food. This is crucial now we have left the EU 2. It will include dangerous batteries the size of apartment blocks very close to schools, houses and a military airbase. Smaller batteries in other countries (and in Liverpool) have caught fire causing noxious fumes, and been impossible to extinguish-being left to burn out. 3.It will surround several villages right up to gardens of homes. 4. It will take over two years of lorry movements to build it using small country roads. 5. It will blight high quality agricultural land which will become industrial land if the solar plant goes ahead 6. The batteries are only there to store energy from the grid at night to sell for a profit at higher daytime rates 7. It's part owned by a Spanish developer who will get half the profits. Locals will not benefit at all. It is a money making venture rather than a green energy project. 8. The are thousands of commercial and residential roofs that would generate just as much energy.