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Oaklands Farm Solar Park

Relevant representations (registration comments)

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  • Scott Treacy

    110% against this. It uses vast amounts of high grade arable farmland that should be protected for food security. Developments like this should be on brownfield sites OR better yet we should be... Read more

  • Sue Collier

    Extra traffic on roads that cannot cope with the amount now. A444 and surrounding roads are more like a carpark .The amount of HGV lorries is to getting ridiculous on the A444 which has various... Read more

  • Susan Barlow

    My initial views on the project will include: No Solar on the Best and Most Versatile Land (BMV) - put solar on rooftops not on good agricultural land which includes grade 3A &3b and food security... Read more

  • Timothy Wadsworth

    The area already has a significant loss of good quality farmland due to building houses, industrial units, HS2 and other solar farms. The roads in and around Coton in the Elms are unsuitable for... Read more

  • UK Health Security Agency (UK Health Security Agency)

    Thank you for your consultation regarding the above development. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on your proposals at this stage of the project. Please note... Read more

  • William Geoffrey Clamp

    I strongly object to the use of good agricultural land for solar panels. As the population of the country continues to grow we need this land to feed people. I also feel that wildlife will be... Read more

  • Adele Barnes

    Great concern over impact of this proposal; regarding the visual blight to our surrounding landscape, the effect on wildlife and level of hgv’s driving through our country lanes.

  • Andrea Barnes

    The size and scale of Oaklands Solar Park is out of scale with the adjacent villages. The 2 nearest villages - Walton on Trent and Rosliston - would sit within the site. The size of the fences/hedges... Read more

  • Andrew Chmielewski

    I think the project is taking up a lot of fields and farm land which should be left to nature for wildlife to survive. It should be located more on old unused derelict industrial sites etc and not... Read more

  • Andrew Michael Hinton

    I am opposed to this project, as it will be bring much disruption to mine and surrounding villages

  • Claire Bradford

    I am objecting to the proposed project for the following reasons; Loss of good quality farmland, travel disruption during the construction phase, unsightly view, the constant noise from generators and... Read more

  • Elizabeth Richardson

    Renewable energy, but at what cost to the current countryside and wildlife?

  • FORESTRY COMMISSION (FORESTRY COMMISSION)

    Thank you for consulting the Forestry Commission on this project. As a Non-Ministerial Government Department, the Forestry Commission provide no opinion supporting or objecting to an application.... Read more

  • Gerald Haycock

    We cannot lose 40 acres of farm land. We as a country do not produce enough food to feed ourselves as it is and to loose another large plot of good farmland in this time is not in our country's best... Read more

  • Heather Parsons

    1. Land is being removed from the food production market. 2. Destruction of natural habitat for wildlife. 3. Destruction of natural environment - trees, stream, hedges 4. Solar energy is only being... Read more

  • Jackie Whiteland

    Would ruin quality agricultural land , and wildlife habitats. Increasing traffic through our village , and destroying our village and surrounding countryside

  • Lorna Talbot

    Solar panels should be put on the new warehousing sites which have been built on the A42 roundabout at Appleby Magna rather than using good fertile ground which could be used for growing food for the... Read more

  • Michael Cunningham

    I reject the plans for the following reasons 1. It will have a huge impact on traffic throughout the small country lanes of rosliston and coton in the elms. This traffic will be damaging to our... Read more

  • Mrs Susan Chmielewska

    Not happy with location as to close to a cluster of villages and spoiling nature and wildlife. With the forthcoming bridge bypass near Walton on trent is devaluing area.

  • National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc (National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc)

    Relevant Representation of National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc in respect of the Oaklands Farm Solar DCO (the “Project”) This relevant representation is submitted on behalf of National Grid... Read more

  • Neill Forrest

    I object to this planning proposal in the strongest possible terms. The key objections are: 1) the sheer scale - some 400acres that will cover good quality farmland when this type of project should be... Read more

  • Oliver Ellis

    Destruction of farmland Destruction of important habitats Destruction of hedges Destruction of trees Traffic Noise Pollution Amenity views Cultural impacts and heritage

  • Philip Waterman

    Concerns Roads not capable of carrying heavy and additional traffic. Heavy vehicles going through Rosliston near a school. Noise during and after construction. Good quality farm land being destroyed.... Read more

  • Rachelle Evans

    I object in the strongest terms to this proposal for fear of safety

  • Richard Mizuro

    Environmental impact