Representation by Nikoletta Keri
- Date submitted
- 5 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I object against Sunnica Solar Farm for the following reasons -Red Lodge would need a robust evacuation plan due to the dangers/unknown impact of the BESS. -way too big ca.2500 acres (The Largest Solar Farm in EUROPE!!), loss off good agricultural land and greenfield land. The UK is only 64% self-sufficient in food; we cannot afford to lose land which is good quality irrigated vegetable growing farmland -destruction of wildlife and countryside that would never recover/return. The land is almost equal to Heathrow Airport!! -Red Lodge has very few ways out of the village on foot, only 2 or 3 across the A11 to the West & only a couple of public access routes to the East -lose all routes to the West due to the solar farm for 40 years & it will be the end of any connection with Worlington - over 100 acres of concrete will be laid and over 30 miles of security fencing will be put up around the sites - COUNTRYSIDE LOST for 2 generations - Sunnica has no experience of building BESS on this scale. Li-ion BESS are unstable and catch fire. When they do the fire cannot be put out. The fire create poisonous gases which can be lethal in tiny amounts. ONLY 300m away from The Pines Pre and Primary School in Red Lodge! - if this industrial solar plant happens the value of our properties will be affected forever; negative impact on the view of the landscape -all panels and batteries will be imported from China, and the scheme is poorly designed will have a huge carbon footprint. -no meaningful local employment; we wouldn't have any local benefit from this energy plant- would be built by a Yorkshire company -risk of ill health of residents of all ages - noise pollution, light pollution and air pollution from construction - dangerous for sufferers of COPD, Asthma and other lung conditions -no money put aside from Sunnica of the decommissioning of the site after 40 years, it will be down to the owner at that time. -no guarantee the land can be returned to it's former agricultural use after 40years!