Representation by James Hall
- Date submitted
- 14 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
As a locally born individual who has lived or worked around this area for most of my life, I am very concerned about the prospect of such an enormous, sprawling, ill planned development on an area of 2,500 acres of greenfield land. > This project would result in lost countryside in a farming community, turning it into brownfield status for generations to come. The importance of agriculture to this community and food self sufficiency must be taken into account. > It will not result in a net improvement in the local employment situation, with solar panels being imported from overseas and the installation from a non-local business. > It will impact on a large number of local villages and residents, with the power generated having to be sent through miles of cabling to reach a substation. This will be a negative impact to local communities during the construction phase and is likely to have a negative impact on property values for those close by.