Representation by Jane Constable
- Date submitted
- 11 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
This site is far too big and would take away good farming land. In an age of trying to cut down on reducing our carbon footprint this doesn't make any sense. Also, what happens to the land after 40 years and in view of what is currently happening in Ukraine and Russia and how there will be shortages of wheat and fertiliser, surely we need as much land for agricultural use as possible in this country. The danger of the batteries catching fire and giving out poisonous gases is extremely worrying and also the fact that the fires can't be put out. Why should we have to live with that fear, especially to line the pockets of the shareholders of Sunnica, who don't appear to even live in the UK. I understand that the battery sites will be built close to homes, this can not be allowed to happen. The infrastructure of our towns and villages can not take the heavy construction traffic that will be used to build these sites. The damage that it will do to the wildlife will be devastating. The number of solar panels needed is astronomical and the site will devalue our properties, which isn't fair. This country isn't involved in the manufacturing of the solar panels, so UK economy won't benefit from that. The local workforce won't even get the "benefit" of being involved in the construction of the site. I am not against Solar energy, but surely there are better ways of obtaining it. Why can't solar panels be installed when every new house or factory unit is built, instead of this enormous project being built and turning our villages into a blot on the landscape. We already have a large field of solar panels near the village of Worlington, so we are doing "our bit" already for Solar power