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Mallard Pass Solar Project

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  • david michael bellamy

    Environmental and local amenity impact. Loss of agricultural production and loss of good grade grain growing land. Accumulative impact of building development and solar farms, government target of... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Diane Hindmarch

    I consider the size and area of the solar farm to be unfair. This development covers such a large area which is currently farmland and open countryside, which has a vast wildlife. It would be a... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Eleanor Smith

    I believe we need to invest in solar power and renewable energy. I do not believe that active arable land should be used to do this. The scale of the proposed solar farm is phenomenal as it is claimed... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Elizabeth Diane Cooke

    This project is using arable land when we need to grow vegetables on every bit there is. It will change the landscape character of the wider area to industrial. This scheme is classed as temporary but... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Emma Atack

    I consider the proposal of Mallard pass solar farm detrimental to the environment and well-being of local residents as well as gravely impacting our sustainability for producing our own food in a... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Hedley Stroud

    Whilst supporting the need for solar this application is far too big for the communities that it will affect - our villages are connected by history and the imposition of this will drive a wedge... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Helen Godber

    - Additional traffic on the roads during the construction period. - Impact on the landscape for years to come. - Loss of habitat for wildlife. We should be protecting not destroying. - No crops can be... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Hepsibah Maitland

    I object to land being taken away from farming for solar use, it should be on roof tops on barns and new builds, that way we don’t lose a finite and precious resource for one whose efficacy has not so... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • James Livingstone

    I am opposed to this solar farm due to the fact it is on good quality farming land. I can understand the cost would be lower for the developers but at a time of a crisis in food security we must be... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Jane Bateman

    I am fully supportive of solar farms - as a country we need to do far more to embrace renewable energy to make us self-sufficient. However, I do have two concerns about this proposed project. Firstly,... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Jane Hope

    I am writing to strongly object to this application This proposal of such huge scale meets no necessary CRITERIA: It is not previously developed / brownfield land– there are sites available for this –... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Jason Bird

    Building over agricultural land in such a way is entirely inappropriate use of the nation’s resource. Investment in solar panels on existing housing stock (generally) would be a far better idea and... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Jessica Chester

    Our main concerns are the scale, the loss of habitat, the visual impact, traffic impact, safety concerns, loss of productive land and flood risk.

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Jill Fenby-Taylor

    I am completely against the building of the Mallard Pass Solar Farm as it is too big for this area. It would destroy agricultural land, I have biodiversity and environmental concerns especially for... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • John Daniel Simmons

    I am concerned about the loss of rural environment, recreation opportunities and impact on local village communities.

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Jonathan Collins

    As a local Rutland resident and taxpayer, I am horrified that the British Government is even considering this application. [Redacted] has been undoubtedly established as a beneficiary of Uyghur slave... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Keith Johnson

    I am against the construction of Mallard Pass Solar Farm. Generation Potential. The Company states that Mallard Pass is expected to generate in the region of 350 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy.... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Laura Cresswell

    I’ve stated previously that to have such a large solar farm on arable land and close to residents is a concern. Yes, let’s invest in renewable energy. But why start the biggest solar farm on arable... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Lizbeth Jo Sanford

    The Mallard Pass solar plant proposal is completely inappropriate. By building on quality agricultural land, a natural resource in the heart of England’s green and pleasant land will be destroyed... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Michael Bownes

    Mallard Pass is a totally unacceptable waste of prime agricultural land. This would create a huge area surrounded by security fencing and flood lighting that would that would blight the whole... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Mr Tobias Payne

    I am totally opposed to this poorly thought out project destroying a wide range of nature and countryside. Its affect on rural communities and not manufactured in the UK but China. What is the impact... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Mr W Blackmore

    - At over 2,00 acres, the scheme would be massive industrialisation of a rural area of Rutland/Lincolnshire currently used for agriculture. The scheme is approximately the same area as the city of... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Mr. Michael Freeman

    1. Light pollution from security floodlighting close to my property. 2. 2 years of construction vehicles, noise and pollution in a tiny rural village. 3. The storage of hazardous bromine in the... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Mrs J Machin

    I am a neighbouring landowner to the development and comment as follows on the areas of most concern to me in that capacity. The size of the proposed development is visually impactful and due to its... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023

  • Mrs Melanie Butcher

    Why!!!! Common sense needs to prevail. Prime agriculture land being thrown away when we need all the growth we can get from these fields. For at least the next 40 years, more than 2,000 acres will be... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 24 February 2023