Representation by Paul Fishpool
- Date submitted
- 10 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The size of the energy farm is too big - 11 times larger than any other operational site in the UK. There will be no local benefit from the scheme All the land proposed is high quality agricultural which not only produces food (of which the UK is only 54% sufficient) but also supplies a feed source for local Anaerobic Digesters which are all ready producing renewable energy. Sunnica needs to carry out another assessment on the land to justify how much food and energy will be lost if this energy farm goes ahead Habitats will be lost for 100 species and these panels will be visible for miles including from Newmarket gallops It will produce more carbon than it will save in its lifetime so why not continue to produce energy from the crops already grown Most of the land owners want to continue to grow food and energy for existing markets A lot smaller scheme would be acceptable