Representation by Robert Horton
- Date submitted
- 9 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I live in a cottage on La Hogue farm immediately adjacent to one of the proposed large areas of solar panels and battery storage units which form part of the Sunnica Energy Farm proposal. I also work at La Hogue Farm Shop as their head butcher. I object to the Sunnica Energy Farm scheme for the following reasons:- 1. During the construction phase of the energy farm (which will last approximately 2 years) there will be a huge number of vehicle movements down the very narrow access road which leads to my cottage and workplace. This will be incredibly dangerous for both myself, my colleagues and customers trying to reach my farm shop & café 2. I believe that the inconvenience caused by the construction phase of the scheme will deter customers from visiting the farm shop and will have a major adverse impact on turnover and profit of the business possibly leading to my employers having to reduce staffing numbers 3. I am very concerned and by how close the proposed battery storage units are going to be to my home and to the business I work for (only one field away from the boundary) and the potential for these to catch fire and pollute the local area 4. Ground mounted U.K. solar energy generation is a grossly inefficient way of generating energy and completely insignificant in contributing to U.K. power generation capacity. 5. The current crisis in the Ukraine has illustrated the fact that we should not put our food security at risk by using up good agricultural land