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Mallard Pass Solar Project

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  • Judy Sewell

    This scheme will remove a huge chunk of agricultural land from food production. The UK needs to be more self sufficient in growing it’s own food and not importing it. This land is lovely to cycle... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 25 January 2023

  • Karen Bourne

    This proposed solar farm would take more than 2,000 acres of mainly good quality arable land out of food production. It sits within a mile of some villages and of Stamford, blighting the rural... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 25 January 2023

  • Kay Martin

    The Mallard Pass Solar station is a huge consumption of agricultural land which should focus on ensuring independent food production versus electricity which could be achieved through the use of... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 25 January 2023

  • Leicestershire & Rutland Area Ramblers (Leicestershire & Rutland Area Ramblers)

    The Ramblers organisation, a national charity which includes the Leicestershire & Rutland Area, works to help everyone enjoy the pleasures and benefits of walking, and to enhance and protect the... Read more

    Submitted by: Non-statutory organisations
    Date submitted: 25 January 2023

  • Alexander Marsden

    Disrupted views to the countryside, should be put closer to large towns and industrial areas on waste ground. Proven on previous PV(solar) projects that they do not meet the advertised MW generation... Read more

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

  • Stamford, Bourne and The Deepings Ramblers Group (Stamford, Bourne and The Deepings Ramblers Group)

    We are ramblers I represent the Stamford, Bourne and The Deepings Ramblers Group and we use many of the public footpaths and rights of way in the locality. The joy of walking is taking in the... Read more

    Submitted by: Non-statutory organisations
    Date submitted: 24 January 2023

  • Elizabeth Sumption

    I am writing to strongly object to the plans to a erect the solar energy panels at the above site. I have attended the consultation in Stamford Townhall on Wednesday 29th of June. There are many, many... Read more

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

  • Katherine Ayton

    Disruption and compulsory access over residential property/land is not acceptable. Planned project is too big and essential works need to happen on roads and verges.

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

  • Kevin Ayton

    This concerns me due to scale, and the infrastructure compulsory access/purchase over residential and non involved farm land. The disruption to the local area will be massive over a two year period... Read more

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

  • Brian Cuppelditch

    Re proposed solar farm Mallard Pass. Size of the development in a rural area, and the visual impact on the surrounding area. Safety for the area with the proposed battery storage. Loss of agricultural... Read more

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

  • Helen Townsend

    The Solar farm is too large a project to be around the village. It will take away agricultural land. What happens long term if the energy company goes bust. There will be so many batteries on the... Read more

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

  • Jane Cuppelditch

    My comments refer to the proposed Solar farm site "Mallard Pass" at Essendine. The size of the development for the smallest county inEngland, Rutland. concerns me. Loss of habitat for flora and fauna.... Read more

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

  • Mrs Barbara Smitheringale

    The scale is far too large, I am concerned about the loss of agricultural land and the visual impact.

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

  • Philip Muttett

    I do not believe the benefits of Mallard Pass Solar Farm will outweigh the significant costs and impact on the villages that will be affected by it.

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

  • Mrs Isobel Margaret Barnett

    1. Prime agricultural land being taken out of food protection. 2. Where will the food come from that would have been grown on this area? 3. What is the true environmental impact and carbon footprint... Read more

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

  • Annette Patricia Haynes

    1. Rutland is the smallest county in England and already has the 2nd largest man made reservoir in England which did take hundreds of acres of farming land and villages . Forty two years on, the... Read more

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

  • David George Woodman

    A very expensive, heavily subsidized blot on the landscape and useless at providing cheap reliable energy supplies when it is most needed in the winter nights.

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

  • Gordon Stanley Haynes

    This project 1) will destroy the visual amenities we currently enjoy,2) drastically reduce the value of all properties that overlook and are adjacent to the site,3) discourage visitors and investment... Read more

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

  • Karen Neale

    I am writing to raise objection to the proposed Mallard Pass Solar Farm (MPSF) application. The scale of the proposal is vast, covering an area between 2 and 3 times the size of Stamford as it exists... Read more

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

  • Mr Gerald Brean

    We are losing our surrounding country side to housing the proposed solar installation will be very large blot on the landscape, about the environment which Boris was advising us we were going green... Read more

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

  • Peter Heyes

    There are many alternatives to this: Loss of quality agricultural land; Damage to the environment and natural fauna and flora; Impact on local housing. The threat of compulsory purchase of privately... Read more

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

  • Chloe L Harley

    I live locally to the proposed development (Great Casterton) and could be affected by traffic related to the development. I am for renewable energy but against using agricultural land for it when... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 19 January 2023

  • Ian Trevor Jacques

    I cycle all over Leicestershire and Rutland On my bike i sit higher up than the average car.. Solar panels are largely obscured by the height of the hedges. Only at this time of the year when the... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 19 January 2023

  • Janina Harding

    LOCAL ECOLOGY AND WILDLIFE - This project is colossal in size. Among the vast pages sent to us it does not specify pylons and traffic impact. LANDSCAPE/ VISUAL IMPACT - The sheer size of this project... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 19 January 2023

  • Jean Norma Moulds

    I think it ludicrous that these solar panel farms are going onto good arable land when we have thousands of acres of rooftops that could be used. All new housing should be fitted and help should be... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 19 January 2023