Representation by Jacqueline Fanshawe
- Date submitted
- 14 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I OBJECT wholeheartedly to the Sunnica Energy Farm for the following reason: 1. The UK needs to be growing much more of its food than it is at the moment. Sunnica's plans will use all Greenfield. This area is renowned for its vegetable growing due to the land being good quality irrigated farmland and this is what it should be used for. More than ever the UK need to be producing more of its food and we don't not want to lose this land. 2. The areas chosen surround attractive unspoilt villages and this is going to ruin them. They have thriving communities which will be decimated as people will leave. Properties in the area will dive in value and will be practically unsaleable. 3. If the Battery Energy Storage Compounds (BESS) catch fire they cannot be put out and produces poisonous gasses. This is known to have happened. They sound far from being safe and would be a worry. The fact that there will be 77 acres of BESS all built close to family homes is very unsatisfactory. 4. The Horseracing Industry in Newmarket is known as The Horseracing Capital of The World. Our gallops, especially the Limekilns are the best in the world and to have a Solar Energy Farm so close to them is going to be very detrimental. People from all over the world have horses trained in Newmarket because of the gallops but also because they are in awe of the beauty surrounding the training grounds. To have them blighted by acres of solar panels will be devastating to the industry and to employment locally. 5. If these 1,000,000+ solar panels are coming from China this in itself is going to cause a Huge Carbon Footprint which rather negates the scheme. What is going to happen to these Solar Panels when they come to the end of their life. I believe at the moment they have not found a way to recycle them. What is going to happen to the batteries? 6. I do not believe Sunnica have the experience to build a Solar Energy Farm of this size and think the future for all of us living in the vicinity have cause to be worried. 7. Last but certainly not least the loss of habitat for the wildlife. I would like to add that I am not against Solar Energy but the Farms should be built away from villages and built up areas where they are not going to be intrusive, offend and upset local communities. This should apply countrywide. Jacko Fanshawe