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  • Community Planning Alliance (Community Planning Alliance)

    Our position is strongly in favour of net zero goals and of solar generation. However, the planning system needs to balance our need as a nation for food security and the need to protect the... Read more

    Submitted by: Non-statutory organisations
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Darren Hogan

    My main issues with the solar farm is the vast area it will take up and destroy. It will do a lot of harm for the wildlife that relies on the land along with the trees and plants. Stamford is a... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • David Bryant

    My main concerns and objections about the proposal to build a vast solar power station across over 2000 acres of agricultural land in the heart of a rural area are: The scale of the development. 2,105... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • David Johnson

    Whilst I fully support the aspiration of zero carbon and clean green energy, this must be balanced against other considerations. Food security is possibly even more important, and the amenity value of... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Gregory Hooper

    Dear Sir / Madam, I am writing to you to raise my objection to the proposed Mallard pass Solar farm: I have a number of objections as follows: The size and scale of the solar farm, the proposed solar... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Janine Dykes

    Loss of important farmland No benefit to local people Solar is the least efficient renewable energy source Impact to wildlife Flooding potential Negative impact to the character of the countryside It... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Jemma Holland

    Scale of the development is unnecessarily large with a significant impact on the community, landscape and ecology. I ride horses on an already busy road where they propose to drive the construction... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • John Robert Crosse

    1/ How will you replace the thousands of acres of prime agricultural land that this scheme will occupy? 2/ Why is it such a strange shape? 3/ Why is it not being situated on a brown field site or on... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Kathryn Maitland

    I object as strongly as I know how to this project. Solar is the least efficient of all renewable energy sources. On average it can only deliver 11% of its stated output. On-shore wind is 3 times more... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Lin Jeveons

    Too large an area. Waste of good agricultural land. No guarantee of what will happen long term to land and disposal of panels. Solar farms not cost effective enough to warrant the damage caused. No... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Lois Marion Webb

    REF ; MALLARD PASS SOLAR FARM My letter of objections. 16th February 2023 1. The planning of this gigantic area of solar panels should not happen because it would desecrate a huge amount of Farming... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Matthew Desmond Maitland

    I am against the proposed project. - Any solar panels should be on all new builds and on brown field sites. - The farmland that it is proposed to be sited on is of a good quality and farmland in the... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Mrs Jacqueline Rostam

    Totally unsuitable . The area is dotted with old medieval villages linked to the surrounding agricultural land and the beautiful nearby town of Stamford. The area is a special place ,the land good... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Nigel A.S. Kettle

    I have known the proposed site well for more than 60 years, having lived in Stamford, worked in Essendine and spent many happy hours wandering in the countryside, travelling on the area's footpaths... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Nyree Stanley

    I own a house in Essendine and this Mallard project is far too large and will bring the house prices down, the roads around great Casterton where I live are already overloaded with construction... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Patricia Jane Dale

    Although Mallard Pass have reduced the total area to 2,105 acres and the solar area to 1,053 acres, this is still very large an area using some good quality agricultural land and sited very close to... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Philip Andrew Britton

    Comments upon the proposed development of Mallard Pass Solar Farm. I wish to record my objections to the planning proposal to develop Mallard Pass Solar Farm for the following reasons. 1. Best Most... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Philip Simon Douty

    Detrimental visual impact on the area and loss of amenity. Detrimental impact on wildlife. Flood risk increase. Safety fears in the event of an incident

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Richard Foster

    Whilst wholeheartedly in favour of solar power as a source of “clean energy “, I believe that the location, size and dominance of the proposed siting is inappropriate. Brown field sites should be... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Ross Dykes

    Loss of farm land No benefits for local people Lack of thought to where it could be put

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Russell Wilcock

    The government policy is clear that ground mounted solar should use previously developed land, contaminated land, industrial land and agricultural land of grade 3b, 4 and 5, not Best and Most... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Sheila Douty

    Increased Traffic impact on wildlife impact on farm land smallest county with biggest impact detrimental to the countryside lack of amenities in the area

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Victoria Mary Jackson

    I opppose this project. I believe it is totally wrong. I believe it is the absolute opposite if helping the environment. It is just about an investment company making money from the countryside not... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 16 February 2023

  • Carolyn Hamilton

    I was born in Oakham and grew up in Uppingham. I know Rutland well and am horrified at the shear scale of this project. Essendine would be obliterated with residents unable to move. Also the... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 17 February 2023

  • Geoff Cooper

    Apart from the fact this is right in the middle of several villages when it could be built anywhere more remote with less impact and protest from locals - there is land that is unsuitable for farming... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 17 February 2023