Representation by Hugo Upton
- Date submitted
- 14 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
-Domestic renewable energy is required to substitute for our reliance on fossil fuels . -Large scale solar is an economically viable part of the necessary matrix of national renewable generation - Although the Sunnica scheme is in aggregate a large scale scheme it is in fact dispersed over 5 x seperate landscaped locations - the site is located on Land classified as a low grade agricultural land .This land is only viable for agricultural production subject to increasingly scarce irrigation water licenses issued by the Environment agency .These irrigation licenses are not guarenteed , are subject to increase control and regulation and capable of annual and periodic review and restriction .Without irrigation the land is only capable of low output extensive cultivation or grazing. -the land has become degraded by intrusive farming over many previous years. The soil has lost its structure and sequested carbon.It will benefit from being fallowed and planted with grass under the panels to restore both the soil`s structure , natural carbon balance and fertility. - the applicant appears to have made every effort to visually screen the site from adjacent receptors and being on flat land it will become nearly invisible from ground level .