Representation by Anne Mitchell (Anne Mitchell)
- Date submitted
- 8 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I feel fear for the younger generations who will grow up in an area, which has been devastated by the solar panels, and concrete and fencing. I would have expected the site to be cleared by the operators after it's useful life has ended because of the very considerable dangers. There will be little employment provided as the panels are to be purchased abroad, contractors used from outside the area and profits to all go for the benefit of Spanish owners. We have heard nothing about subsidised electricity prices for the local area, despite being expected to put up with huge amounts of disruption and noise during the construction. I feel that we are part of an experiment as the owners have no experience of building on this scale, for which they will bear no responsibility. We have all noticed the food prices increase, so how can we afford to lose prime farmland. I would like to see the Council supporting more solar panels on rooves - this should be standard on all new build houses, and yet we have lots of building sites in the area, and this is clearly not the case.