Filter
Mallard Pass Solar Project

Relevant representations (registration comments)

Search by the person or group making the submission or the content of the submission.

Showing 551 to 600 of 1223 representations, newest first.

Results per page View 25 results per page | 50 | View 100 results per page

  • Terry Sutton

    This is planned to be one of the largest solar farms in Europe and will cover swathes of agricultural land. While we need alternative energy we also need to safeguard our ability to feed the nation.... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 20 February 2023

  • Carl Sismore

    Negative impact on local environment and scene of the land. Traffic and construction pollution in developing the solar farm.

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 21 February 2023

  • Caroline Adams

    I strongly object to this application for the following reasons 1. Monumental size and mass industrialisation on the visual impact of the landscape 2. Loss of prime agricultural land at a time when UK... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 21 February 2023

  • Colin Beecham

    I strongly oppose the proposed mallard solar farm installation, due to: The loss of prime agricultral land. A massive Negative impact on the local biodiversity, habitats and ecosystem, major negative... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 21 February 2023

  • Janette Bradley

    I do not think it acceptable to put solar panels on green fields.

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 21 February 2023

  • Jessica Shield

    This is an abhorrent proposal. It is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. It will absolutely ruin the natural beauty of the area. It is not a true “green energy initiative”. Solar panels have a... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 21 February 2023

  • Julian Laybourn on behalf of Julian and Nicky Laybourn (Julian and Nicky Laybourn )

    This project is going to use a vast area of agricultural land that would be better served producing food for the country. The size of it is just too big and will destroy the beauty of the area.... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 21 February 2023

  • Russell Walker

    Gross misuse of prime agricultural land. Should be used for food production, not inefficient generation of electricity. And an environmental eyesore.

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 21 February 2023

  • Victoria Wolfe

    I am shocked at the size of this proposed project and the huge loss of farming land that will be lost to the project. I fully support solar energy projects but not at the cost of huge swathes of land.... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 21 February 2023

  • Daniel Bancroft

    Constructional issues: During construction I have concerns about increases in air and noise pollution via disruption to local traffic, increased noise levels from construction machinery, increased... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Duncan Ian Macgillivray

    objecting to farm land which is needed for crops which shortly will be needed due to global warming .Solar panels can be fitted onto buildings which are used as warehouses. Several villages will have... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Gareth Davies MP

    I am writing to you in order to express my significant concerns, and those of many of my constituents, about the proposed Mallard Pass Solar Farm development which has now entered the Pre-Examination... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Helen Woolley

    Mallard Pass Solar Farm Relevant Representations Submitted by: Helen L Woolley BSc (Hons) and Geoffrey W Woolley We object to the Mallard Pass Solar Farm proposal because: 1. The primary driver for... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Julia Minton

    I strongly oppose the proposed plans to build extensive solar panels across prime agricultural land. Whilst I under the need to produce more renewable energy there are other better ways than using... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Julian Cardew

    Destruction of a vast area (2170 acres) our local countryside. Risks to local wildlife.Risk of flooding risk. Loss of valuable productive agricultural land for at least 40 years. Dubious data for... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Mary Sheila Reeves

    1. Project will have a huge negative impact on the local area in many ways: i) Loss off valuable arable land ii) a detrimental effect on a large area of countryside which is enjoyed in many ways by... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Michael David Alder

    I am writing as an individual but I am also Chair of the Solar Campaign Alliance. My Professorship is in the Rural Environment and I specialize in agricultural and environmental matters including land... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Peter James Dobson

    I write as a technical advisor to some of the local residents who are opposed to this project. There are at least 5 issues that should rule out the approval of this project: 1) Solar energy is very... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Rachel Vidler

    The building of renewable solar farms is a positive thing to the area!

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Simon Hothersall

    Understanding the potential environmental impacts of the project, including impact on flora & fauna and water table/flood risk due to the change in land use

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 22 February 2023

  • Adrian Francis Roger Forsell

    I am against Mallard Pass for the following reasons 1) The scale of the solar farm is in excess of 2000 acres and will surround the village of Essendine in which I live and I will be able to see part... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Alan Edwin Mear

    1) I seriously question whether installing solar panels is the best use of good farm land when so much of the world is near starvation. 2) I accept the need for much more "green" electricity, but... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Ann Fleming

    Prime green field site being used

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Anna Coxe

    1) Scale 2) Agricultural land being taken out of production at a time when food security is more volatile and a risk. 3) Lack of confirmation and legal obligations to remove structures and return to... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Annabelle Breslin

    We are completely opposed to this project on the basis that: 1. It covers too large an area being nearly 4 times larger than any existing solar site in the country – and placed in the middle of the... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Anthony Chick

    I believe that this site is too large and encompassing for the village of Essendine and the surrounding area , to the extent that there will be a severe and detrimental impact on the local community .... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Betty Grindey

    I wish to strongly state my objections to the mallard pass Solar farm. The site is far too big, impacting adversely on the neighbouring villages and wildlife. The panels are so large ruining the look... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Braceborough and Wilsthorpe Parish Council (Braceborough and Wilsthorpe Parish Council)

    Braceborough and Wilsthorpe Parish Council relevant representation to Mallard Pass Solar Farm Dear Sirs To be clear, Braceborough and Wilsthorpe Parish Council on behalf of the Parishioners strongly... Read more

    Submitted by: Parish councils
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Karl Breeze on behalf of Breeze family (Breeze family)

    I think there are a lot of people objecting to this because of nimby-ism, and that includes our local MP who they appear to have won over. The location of the new electricity substation makes this a... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Carlby Walkers (Carlby Walkers)

    Sheer scale of the solar farm is impossible to mitigate impact on our lightly undulating countryside. It would completely ruin locality amenities. The point of walking is to take in natural beauty and... Read more

    Submitted by: Non-statutory organisations
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Christopher Steward

    The destruction of prime agricultural land and wildlife space for profit when lots of brown field sites are available at less cost both to the end user and future generations!

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Cinnia Bermingham

    Prior to the war in Ukraine we were relying too much on imported food. Ukraine highlighted this and currently with food shortages due to climate change abroad we should be growing more seasonal crops.... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • David Hetherington

    Good agricultural land being misused. At nearly 11ft tall the panels and associated boxes will a be real blot on an otherwise amazing landscape. Completely altering the the rural feel of the rural... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • David Norton

    I fully support the proposed project. In the short term in brings work to the area, longer term it provides a significant amount of clean energy. Increasingly evidence show how bad intensively managed... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Debra McMillan

    1 It seems ludicrous that the largest solar sight is being erected in the smallest county. 2 Loss of agriculture land when we are trying to become more self sufficient and less dependent on other... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Denise Jacobi

    The increase in heavy traffic will be too much for local roads. Herds of wild deer roam this proposed site, where will they go? Detrimental to all other wildlife. Detrimental to those living nearby... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Edward Minton

    An appalling proposal for a beautiful stretch of the countryside which is prime agricultural land. The disruption and pollution to the area whilst building the solar farm will be detrimental to the... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Edwin Christmas

    The size and scale of the proposed development removes an unreasonable amount of productive farmland at a time when the UK should be ensuing food security is further up the political agenda. The size... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Elaine MacGillivray

    Regarding the Mallard pass Project. Why would we need to use arable land. We need this land for future food which we are told by climate change persons that in the future due to climate change food... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Elisabeth Faulkner

    I strongly oppose the proposed Mallard Pass Solar Farm as I believe it will have a huge negative impact on the roads, wildlife, local economy and the people that live in the surrounding villages. As a... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Elizabeth Ann Barton

    The devastation to the countryside and surrounding villages. Reduction in prime agricultural land. Home grown produce should be increasing not decreasing in order to reduce the cost and burden on... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Elizabeth Anne Nunn

    The Mallard Pass plan shows multiple fragmented areas rather than one or two distinct blocks of land. This will lead to: (I) seriously disrupted traffic flow along narrow country lanes particularly... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Emmeline Glover

    I object to the application to build a solar farm as it will be a devastating loss of countryside, destruction of wildlife habitat and unsightly for local residents.

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Graeme Mitchell

    I live within several hundred metres of the South of the proposed development and I object to this proposal on a number of separate grounds; - Flood risk - Visual impact general / glare from panels -... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Helen Mitchell

    I live within a few hundred metres of the South side of the development and I object to the proposal on a number of separate grounds; - the sheer size of the development is inappropriate for the... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Helena Gore

    I'm really concerned and unhappy about this project. I have stated the reasons previously, but these include disruption to local business, wildlife, scenery and increased traffic. It could have... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Ian Halliday-Pegg

    1) loss of agricultural land impacting food security, when there’s adequate brownfield in the region. 2) Inappropriate low-carbon choice for grid-level production. A modern U.K. (Rolls-Royce) small... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Iris Nolan

    I object to the Mallard Pass Solar Farm. In particular, I strongly object to the following points: - The size of the installation: The sheer scale of this proposal is simply overwhelming. It’s the... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Isobel Mary Hill

    My main concern is loss of agricultural land in the light of threats to the nation's food security. Solar panels should be installed on roofs or on brownfield sites instead. The sheer size of the... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023

  • Ivan Helstrip

    You need to provide sewage works doctors nhs dentist green areas . You need to keep old public rights of way intact and install an appropriate road system to be able to cope with the traffic

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 23 February 2023