Representation by Gillian Stonham
- Date submitted
- 14 November 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
This proposal looks to have a serious and detrimental impact on an important access road to the River Trent. In my view the proposal will encroach upon and destroy yet more wildlife and hedgerows which would appear to have no value to the developers; rather they seem to disregard any benefit that the local population, and those from further afield may gain from having access to the countryside. In a world where people's mental health and well being is already in a very fragile and precarious state it would seem to me to be a very dangerous, damaging and retrograde action to take. This loss of recreational facility and disregard of the local rural population seems to be a trend across the developers seeking to make capital from vast solar farms covering agricultural land with its arable production, wild life habitat and contribution to cleaner air. At a personal level access to wildlife, hedgerows and countryside has been something I have enjoyed for my whole life, how sad to think that my grandchildren will not enjoy such access until at least their late 40's and will pass that loss onto their own children who no doubt will be asking "How did we let this happen?". Thank you for the opportunity to contribute.