Representation by Stephen G Smith
- Date submitted
- 1 March 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Hi I write to formally object to the planned Mallard solar farm on the following grounds 1. The sheer industrial scale. 2,175 acres (although now proposed to be reduced) is far to excessive for this area to tolerate and produces a very significant loss of productive agricultural land in. 2. The development is on a greenfield not brownfield site. 3. The development will have a huge visual impact on the countryside. 4. There will be a loss of social amenity and a loss of habitat for many animals. 5. There will be considerable traffic congestion and impact during a 2 year build. Whilst I accept the need to adopt more renewable power technologies I still find the scale of this proposal unacceptable in this area and would urge all to consider a substantially reduced proposal that could be tolerated. Regards