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We need solar power but not At the expense of prime agricultural land.this is more important now in view of our economic situation and the after effects of covid .We need to produce more of our own...
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I believe that the vast scale of this installation will destroy the rural landscape of the area forever. The two year construction period will cause such devastation to wildlife, their habitats and...
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Size of site Proximity to small villages Battery storage, fires Detail on batteries ‘ end of life ‘ disposal
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If this HAS to be Solar energy then there is plenty of unused grass space around Newmarket. That said I view Geothermal Energy as a much healthier and longer term process. Rising hot water can drive...
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With regards to this submission the scheme is simply too overwhelming in the rural countryside in which it is planned. The shear scale of it will convert a beautiful rural agricultural area into an...
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The consultation has been wholly inadequate, failing to engage local people. The scale of the development and impact on the communities is overwhelming and the connectivity of isolated rural...
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We have farmed land adjacent to the land in this proposal for close on 70 years. During this time we have grown a variety of crops which have always given us good yields and have been profitable even...
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Concerns about the safety of the battery farm and the risk of a major fire so near to Red Lodge. Loss of high grade agricultural land. Needless Investment in old technology - the decarbonisation of...
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This application is flawed on every level. 1. There has been negligible consultation between Sunnica and the local population. Sunnica have hidden behind the coronavirus pandemic to avoid engaging...
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One of the three proposed oversized battery storage sites is in close proximity to my home two primary schools and my place of work. Statistically a fire is inevitable. This is likely to result in my...
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1.The designated land is prime farming land which we need to grow our own food. This is crucial now we have left the EU 2. It will include dangerous batteries the size of apartment blocks very close...
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I will be commenting on issues surrounding the process by which this application has been accepted and the public consultation thereof; the environmental consequences of the proposal - in terms of...
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I am writing in opposition to the Sunnica project in its current form. As a local MP I and many I have spoken to have taken issue, not with the solar farm’s existence, but with the scale and proposals...
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The scale of the plans is just to huge to contemplate, it will destroy the local area and use vital farmland. The extra capacity required at Burwell sub station is already damaging what was once a...
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I believe that the solar farm proposed to be built in this area will be a dangerous and un sustainable project. Contamination of farm land beyond repair. Wildlife will suffer if it is not considered....
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It's just not appropriate to use prime agricultural land for solar farms. If this applications accepted there are already smaller estates wanting to piggyback onto the development. Surely there are...
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TOO BIG. A normal Solar Farm size is 75 to 100 acres. Sunnica’s is an Industrial Power Plant, the largest in Europe at 2,792 acres, equivalent 2,115 football pitches. INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE. The views...
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I object to the size of the development engulfing countryside villages a d diminishing the local countryside feel.
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Reasons why Sunnica Solar Farm should not go ahead in it's current state. It will include dangerous batteries the size of apartment blocks which have caught fire in other countries and can't be...
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1 The Solar farm will occupy valuable farming land 2 The area is the habitat of great Crested newts 3 It will devalue the cost of my house 4 Building it will cause lorries moving materials continually...
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My representation will concentrate on a number of principles and will exclude National Policy complaints which are a major item of concern. It will cover - the applicants consultation process - the...
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I strongly sit against the Sunnica development. My concerns are mostly regarding the size of battery storage and the proximity to the local schools and residential areas in Redlodge. I have young...
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I have an interest in this development as it is likely to have a direct impact on me as a resident of Red Lodge, including health and safety considerations and evacuation planning in the event of an...
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I am a resident of the village of Freckenham. I object to the proposal by Sunnica to develop a solar energy facility nearby the village. I believe that the proposal is disproportionately large and...
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I support the scheme on local, national, and global grounds. Climate change is a much bigger threat to our lives than Covid-19, and will have a much bigger impact, including possible incursion of the...
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I can confirm that I would not be happy for this project to go ahead I think the impact on my village and other surrounding villages would be too detrimental. We are already losing far too much land...
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Firstly concern regarding the size of the project and the use of productive farmland. Secondly concern regarding the inefficiencies inherent in the scheme, is this the best way forward in producing...
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Worry about the health of the local residents.
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The scheme is too large and will dominate the area . The scheme is too far away from the connecting point and will result is massive disruption during the construction period and after 30 years when...
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As a resident of Red Lodge I have no qualms about solar farms, but do have grave concerns about the proposed battery storage farm in close proximity to where I live. From what I have discovered, there...
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I live in Freckenham and whilst I wholeheartedly support solar panels as a green way to provide electricity I believe that there are better places to put them on rather than on agricultural fields....
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My representation is based on the following objections :- 1). Vast areas of good existing agricultural land will be lost. 2), Fire risk at battery locations and lack of experience with this type of...
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The area proposed is countryside farming land of which has the richest fertile soil in the country and provides a huge percentage of the country’s needs in edible products in vegetable and meat and...
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It is a complete contradiction to be pursuing and morally arguing for renewable energy when it is completely outweighed by the economic, environmental and wellbeing costs, particularly when there are...
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we believe the following to be an accurate representation of the views of our church and in particular Church leaders towards Sunnica’s proposals: • As custodians of God’s creation, we fully recognise...
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I am fully AGAINST SUNNICA. Whoever in their right mind thinks it’s okay to disrupt all the farmland, the countryside, for a solar farm so close to villages, homes, schools and business. The battery’s...
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Plan too big turning a rural landscape into an industrial landscape. Loss of valuable land at a time when the country should be aiming for greater food self sufficiency. The battery elements are using...
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We moved to this house in Worlington in late 2015 in the knowledge from our solicitor that the area surrounding our house was designated as countryside. There was no possibility of the land being used...
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The devastating detrimental effect to the environment; detrimental to mental health of residents of surrounded villages, destruction of wildlife and their habitats, battery energy storage system is a...
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I object to the Sunnica development on these grounds: * It is too big and too near to residential properties. It would be more acceptable if it were smaller and out of view. * It is using valuable...
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I run a business that employs 80 people about 1km from the largest of the battery stores in this proposal. On behalf of those employees whom I have a duty of care to, I object to the proposal at this...
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In 2018 we moved to our house in Red Lodge which is now affected by the Sunnica ltd development. We are therefore personally affected as a family which includes our 2 children. One of the reasons for...
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Objection to this application on the grounds that valuable agricultural land will be removed from the supply base and the only options to replaced food produced on this land, will be imports. The UK...
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Our company is party to a mixed-use development in the immediate vicinity of the eastern boundary of the application site, at Kennett. This application would support the delivery of other development...
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I believe that the Sunnica application should be rejected on the grounds that: - The organisation behind it does not have the experience to run such a large facility, leaving the infrastructure, land...
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Major concerns: Potentially lethal consequences of fire in lithium ion storage batteries. Who will take the blame if there are fatalities? (shades of Grenfell Tower) Visual impact of thousands of...
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There is absolutely no information that Sunnica has the financial capability to carry out such a large infrastructure expenditure in a proper manner. They have claimed that they have consulted locally...
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I am a resident of Red Lodge and I would like to register my objection to the proposed lithium battery storage units to be sited in close proximity to two schools and four nurseries as well in the...
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The size and scale of the proposal
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Reach PC has particular concerns about the following aspects of this application: - the visual impact of infrastructure at Weirs Drove substation on the surrounding landscape - the public health and...
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As a resident of Isleham, I fully understand the size of the proposed energy farm. But I understand it because I’ve taken it on myself to research it. The information that has been provided by Sunnica...
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I contest and object to the proposal for such a large solar farm in and around our wonderful rural life and arable land with it's associated negative environmental and amenity impact - and the risk of...
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Impact of works Local resident
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I am the County Councillor for Mildenhall Division, which covers two parishes, (Freckenham and Worlington) which will be significantly affected by the proposed solar farm being located around these...
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I oppose the scheme proposals for the following reasons (amongst others): Lack of proper assessment of environmental impact - there needs to be quantification of the current positive environmental...
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Living very local to where the Sunnica Energy Farm is proposed to be, I am very concerned about the safety of myself and my family. There has been very limited information given avout the battery...
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I frequently visit the area and am strongly opposed to this development, which would damage the local environment and present a number of significant ongoing risks to the local community. The number...
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The number of concerns relating to this project are numerous and relate to but not limited to the following 1) Loss of arable farm land - we are a country increasingly isolated yet reliant on outside...
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I have lived in this village for 64years born here in [Redacted] it is an agricultural village . Our roads are not big enough to accommodate heavy industrial machinery without severely disfiguring the...
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I am concerned about the scale of the project, and Sunnica Ltd have no experience of building such a large scale project. Whilst I support solar energy the immense scale of this project will create a...
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I am objecting to this application. This scheme is far far too big for its location - effecting too many village communities. The scheme wiggles around 7 villages effecting views, house prices and...
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The number of concerns relating to this project are numerous and relate to but not limited to the following 1) Loss of arable farm land - we are a country increasingly isolated yet reliant on outside...
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1. The consultation process for the local community has been inadequate. I do not believe I have received sufficient or full information about the project in order to understand properly all the...
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1.The designated land is prime farming land which we need to grow our own food. This is crucial now we have left the EU 2. It will include dangerous batteries the size of apartment blocks very close...
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Agricultural land As you can imagine this significant development is of huge concern to us and the local community of Worlington and Freckenham. Change of use to this excellent agricultural land...
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Large amounts of produce are grown and matured on this land; Potatoes, carrots, onions, wheat, barley, rye, sugar beet, maize, livestock. Over the past years food costs are rising as quick if not...
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I am objecting to the application of sunnica solar farm. - The first is the use of prime farmland that is currently used to grow crops and live stock. As population increases, particularly in this...
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I would like to object to the Sunnica Energy Farm as it will destroy the surrounding countryside for several generations with little or no local benefit.
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We have amazingly beautiful countryside around us full of wildlife and farming that will be lost forever. The farmers markets and rural community is unique to this area, where else do you see pigs...
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I lived in Kennet for 24 years, worshipped in Chippenham, and have moved temporarily to Saffron Walden for family reasons. I strongly object to this huge, unsightly, dangerous and misrepresented...
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I am very concerned about the safety of the battery storage and the close proximity of the development to villages and schools. Other issues are the size and the amount of farm land that will be lost....
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1. The consultation process for the local community has been not been adequate. I have not received sufficient or full information about the project in order to understand properly all the...
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The effect on wildlife and the noise crated by the batteries in a rural location close to the edge of villages. The plan for disposal at the end of its useful life not really a green option. Why can...
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I am [Redacted] & the untried & potentially dangerous technology propose scares me. The size of over 2,000 football pitches will overwhelm the area doing untold damage eg, remove productive farm land...
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* Countryside will be lost for over 2 generations * Li-ion batteries are a massive fire risk * Loss of prime agricultural land, which will decrease food supplies and further decrease our...
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I object to this project as it will render good farmland out of use for at least a couple of generations and, even after that, some areas may become only suited to commercial use representing a...
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I cannot begin to explain why I vehemently object to this entire project, however I will try: 1.The entire area proposed is one of natural beauty that people either come to specifically to see and be...
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I am vehemently against the proposed raping of our beautiful and valuable countryside just to satisfy the greed of Sunnica. There are several methods available to us as a nation, to generate energy in...
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I am hopeful that this application succeeds as this is the future of energy capture & will benefit us all.
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I object to this project because it will mean a huge area of good farmland will be permanently transferred to commercial use. 1. We need to be more self sufficient as a nation, and our arable land is...
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I live in the village of Worlington and and have a good knowledge of the surrounding villages. This proposal by Sunnica is outrageous and will inflict a blot on the landscape as it covers such an...
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I consider the proposal to be vastly to big, it will have a detrimental effect on the surrounding area. It has always been a rural area, please don’t keep ruining the countryside. Bearing in mind the...
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1.This huge solar scheme is not sustainable as it loses quality irrigatable farmland, just when the UK must increase home grown food production.This cannot be replaced somewhere else and is hugely...
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I feel that the proposed development is not in the best interest of local people and the environment due to the following: 1. Safety concerns about the safety of a large battery storage sit on the...
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Crazy-paving approach to a large industry project suggests poor forethought Suspicion of ulterior motives for this project given energy production levels will be low and carbon-neutrality in question...
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The Sunnica project is FAR TOO LARGE for one rural area. Huge negative impact in residents where pollution, noise, traffic etc will all increase dramatically and for decades to come. Productive land...
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Health & safety concerns. Very big concerns of the toxic gases this will cause if there was a fire. It’s in close proximity to our schools and residence. It will take away valuable farm land needed...
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THE COST OF REMOVING AGRICULTURAL LAND MEANS WE BECOME EVEN MORE DEPENDANT ON OVERSEAS FOOD SUPPLIES. THE CURRENT UN-CERTAINTY IN THE WORLD MAKES IT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO FEED OURSELVES...
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This scheme is flawed. Its proposed benefits are completely outweighed by the economic, environmental and wellbeing costs, the need for increased food production and to become a more independent and...
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We object to the Sunnica Energy Farm Proposal for the following Reasons. 1) The size & scale of the proposal 2) Objection to the Compulsory Acquisition Of Agricultural Land 3) Total disregard for the...
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I entirely support the use of wind and solar power but not at the price of losing the food that is generated on the first-class agricultural land around here; land that is well irrigated and therefore...
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I strongly appose these plans the quality of the agricultural land will be lost to this development. I wish to reject the proposal for the Sunnica. I feel that this will effect the Racing Industry,the...
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I feel that good agricultural land should not be used for solar panels. It will destroy the countryside, disturb wildlife and footpaths and encroach on the racing centre of Newmarket. The battery...
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Size, scale and location. A power plant equivalent to 2,227 football pitches on 2,500 acres of farmland is unacceptable, and disproportionate. The landscape will be blighted by 1,000,000 2.5 meter...
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Size, scale and location. A power plant equivalent to 2,227 football pitches on 2,500 acres of farmland is unacceptable, and disproportionate. The landscape will be blighted by 1,000,000 2.5 meter...
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I object to this project because it will mean a huge area of good arable farmland will be permanently transferred to commercial use. We need to be more self sufficient as a nation, and our arable land...
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Living in Burwell I object to the Sunnica Energy Farm as it will impact on my local area and has fundamental flaws that everyone in the UK should be aware of and be concerned about:- A few of these...
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I am very concerned about the following : Size and Location - not far from a lot of housing and schools Dangerous Size of the batteries and how safe they really are ! At least 2 years of Lorry traffic...
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- Batteries: the large size of the storage batteries (banned in Arizona), the concern over thermal runaway should they catch fire and the emission of noxious gases, is a serious risk to local people....
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I object to this project because it will mean a significant area of farmland will be permanently lost to commercial use. As a nation, we need to be more self sufficient and protect our arable land as...
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