Representation by J Furby
- Date submitted
- 12 January 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The project is far too big for the area and risks over-industrialising our village. Solar power belongs on rooftops not in fields, hampering our ability to produce food and reducing our food security. We have solar on our roof too and it is unreliable as an energy source - wind solutions should be considered as well as we have a very windy location. Our country roads are not robust enough to cope with the construction traffic and our biodiversity will be harmed no matter the efforts to leave small corridors or set aside land as wildlife is restricted from moving freely due to fencing and reduction in hunting or grazing territory. Flooding is at risk of increasing, impacting our historic village church, and the panels will be an eyesore due to their size and profile. I am also concerned at the source chain for the hardware and links to human rights infringements in China. My final concern is about the impact on local house prices and ability to sell in the future if the area is changed from gentle pastoral uses to energy generating infrastructure. In short - the proposal needs to be vastly downsized to prevent the ruination of our homes.