Representation by The Ark Church Isleham (The Ark Church Isleham)
- Date submitted
- 4 February 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
we believe the following to be an accurate representation of the views of our church and in particular Church leaders towards Sunnica’s proposals: • As custodians of God’s creation, we fully recognise the terrible historical and ongoing damage being caused to our planet • We accept our individual and collective responsibility to change our behaviours and universally support the principal of renewable energy as part of this change • We do however believe that there are numerous flaws with Sunnica’s proposal including: o the detrimental impact of losing such vast amounts of agricultural land and the resulting increase in transportation of food supplies o the inefficient generation, transportation and storage of electricity achieved by this proposal o the compulsory purchase of several sections of land will unnecessarily and detrimentally affect people’s economic livelihood o changes should be made at a political and legislative level to ensure renewable energy is efficient and a compulsory element of all new domestic and commercial construction o the lack of clarity and accountability for the ultimate decommissioning of the enormous site Our most specific concerns regarding this proposal relate to: • the resulting loss of rural views, green spaces and footpaths which won’t just detract from the views of our architectural significant building but will negatively affect the physical and emotional wellbeing of all residents • the non-typical, green Oak construction of The Ark, (which has an approx rebuild value of £12m) means that our buildings insurance premium is already extremely high. Our immediate proximity to the edge of the proposed site and the evidential dangers of fire associated with such sites will unquestionably increase the risk to our building and therefore further increase our building insurance premium