Representation by Elizabeth Mary Garget
- Date submitted
- 10 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
MY LETTER OF OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED SUNNICA FARM 1: SIZE I know that as a country we have to rethink our energy supply and usage, but this project is on such a ;large scale that it will change the area for ever. 2792 Acres when the average site is 100 acres. with 15 MILES of cables to the Burwell substation. 2: GOOD PRODUCTIVE FARM LAND will be taken out of use for 40+ years. At a time when it is greatly needed. The country needs food as well as energy. With NO GUARANTEES of who shall clean up the land after it its finished with. So leaving valuable countryside transformed into light industrial sites. 3: SAFETY 78 acres of lithium batteries with a poor safety record, all next door to housing estates and schools. with the possibility of contamination by air, water course and ground contamination. 4: IMPACT ON WILDLIFE. Destroying wildlife corridors for feeding, shelter and nesting, wildlife are having a very hard lime as it is without having to coup with this destruction of habitat as well. ONCE ITS GO ITS GONE. 5: VISUAL APPEARANCE, the village residence feel hemmed in by the 2 1/2 meter high wire fencing, with the solar panels and batteries clearly visible. Yes they may replant the trees and hedgerows, but these shall take at least 15 years to have an impact on on the visual appearance of the fencing and sola panels. 6: TRAFFIC, our small country lanes can not cope with such a larger volume and size of vehicles. the roads shall just turn into access roads for the sola farm. so causing inevitable damage for local residences, removing the character of the area with the proposed alterations to road junction's and widening to suit their needs. 7: IMPACT ON RESIDENCE Drop in house/property values loss of wildlife Visual appearance Hemmed in by solar Farm SAFTY Lithium batteries LOSS OF VERY PRODUCTIVE FARM LAND NO GUARENTEE who is responsible for clean up