Representation by Oliver Thomas
- Date submitted
- 12 February 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The number of concerns relating to this project are numerous and relate to but not limited to the following 1) Loss of arable farm land - we are a country increasingly isolated yet reliant on outside sources for food. This farmland has been producing food for decades and its loss would be extensive. 2) I am hugely concerned regarding the number and placement of batteries and the devastation that these would cause to health should there be an occurrence of a fire. it is well documented that it is almost impossible to extinguish a battery fire. The toxic smoke would travel for miles and any fallout could render farmland unfit for crops and residential land unsellable. 3) There is no decommissioning plan. I suspect that this development will be passed around and around as it fails to produce the results that the developers are proposing and will eventually close with no decommission plan or funds in place. 4) Loss of countryside walks will be extensive. Yes the footpaths may remain however given that they are to be hemmed in by solar panel removes their definition of countryside. We look to the planning inspectorate to protect our countryside, homes, food source, nature and wildlife. The inspectorate should not support a scheme which will be a blot on our landscape for decades to come and will no doubt result in some government intervention to clean up the inevitable mess which will be left behind. This development should be rejected.