Representation by Paul Butcher
- Date submitted
- 24 February 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
As both a local resident but also a in citizen I am in favour of renewables. However looking at the proposal it is simply too big for what is already an area where non residential/ commercial land is becoming a premium. I would rather see renewables that are not as land hungry such as turbines. I also have to following points * we are all aware that this will become a brownfield site meaning it becomes ripe for development in the future. I would want to see a guarantee that it will be returned to its former agricultural greenfield status with no further development and that the owners have to provide a plan of how this will be done at the end of its life. * the scale needs to be reduced to consider the impact as it is going to join villages together in a mass development of structures and concrete. * the benefit to the uk is actually minimal. If the uk government were behind the plan and willing to fund it this would mean we would be creating a renewable future that is affordable but supporting a Spanish company to use imported equipment to develop this site means we have minimal control over the longer term costs to the consumer and even if this were subsidised in the future it still means we are indirectly paying for profits to leave the country. * I can see no evidence that the scheme will be carbon neutral. If anything this site will create more carbon than it saves in its lifetime * Despite all of the planning to make this low impact to the local environment erecting fencing around the whole site will increase its impact on local fauna. Planting trees and maintaining the grounds will have little impact and impede larger fauna.