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West Burton Solar Project

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  • Claire Thomson

    The extent of the development is excessive and if granted will repurpose valuable agricultural land when there are plenty of valid alternatives e.g., solar panels should be located on all new building... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • David Beech

    While renewable energy sources are critical for reducing our carbon footprint, I believe that this should not be achieved at the expense of our agricultural lands. Firstly, the conversion of... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • David Swayne

    This is 1 of 4 Solar NSIPs within a few miles of each other and together would be the largest solar farm complex in Europe, amounting to over 10,000 acres. Given the impact upon the community as a... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Doreen Albone

    10000 ha will be lost for growing food. 4 proposals should be considered together.Solar. panels should be on house, building roof. 4.5 metres is to high and will ruin the landscape value. Wildlife... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Dr Rodney May

    1) I judge the return on the proposed investment is poor when considered in the context of when the energy will be produced and the loss of a valuable food source. 2) I judge that money would be... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Dr Terence David Organ

    This is a flawed project because it is a threat to food security for future generations. The population continues to grow, with demands for more housing, houses are being built on good quality... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Emma Bailey

    All of the solar farms in this area need to be submitted as a whole the area is vast and uses too much agricultural land that could be used to grow food.

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Emma Kimberley

    I do not support any of the 4 projects, in particular - its routing. All 4 projects should be looked at as 1. The scale is astronomical. On a personal level as a small land owner, it destroys anything... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Gaynor Marise Collins

    All this land needs to be kept as agricultural land. Recent events have shown that we need to become self sufficient as a country. Added to that these are rural areas and should be left as such and... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Jane Gidlow on behalf of Gidlow (Gidlow)

    1. The West Burton proposal is Just 1 of 4 Solar, Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) within a few miles of each other. Together this would be the largest solar farm complex in... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Ian Dovey

    Wind power is a lot more efficient Solar will ruin walking areas important to people’s mental health. It’s unsightly and may reduce property value. Solar should be on large building roofs which are... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Jacqueline Beetenson

    Taking farmland where crops are grown Impact on wildlife Impact on residents Disturbance of the Roman toad

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Jeremy Hutchinson

    In the interests of national food security it seems madness to use good farmland for projects such as solar energy. There are unproductive areas, roofs, brownfield sites etc which could (and should)... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Joseph Henry Creswell

    Although I am for the development of Solar energy as a sustainable method for energy production I am firmly against this project due to its scale and impact on our beautiful Lincolnshire countryside.... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Julia I Vipond

    We need our farmland for the production of food which is vital for us to be less dependent on imports. We also should be putting solar panels on the rooftops of warehouses supermarkets, shopping malls... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Lorraine Hardy

    This is not the most constructive way of making use of solar energy. There are many industrial as well as farm buildings with roof space that could be used to incorporate this system. There are... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Maisie Thomson-Whitehouse

    This project uses valuable arable farm land and is too extensive, there are other workable plans.

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Mr Eric Steel

    Solar panels supply power intermittently and not at night. These panels will be sited on valuable prime farm land which a better use would be the production of food as a country we are not self... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Mrs S E Gray

    I believe that this and the other SPF planned for the area are too large, spoiling the area, taking valuable farmland out of production. Also solar is not the be-all answer in our quest for renewable... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Mrs Sheila Joan Tymoszczuk

    I am sad to think the wonderful rural views and with it the wildlife I have so enjoyed to watch particularly birds of prey will be lost, unless small mammals are allowed to roam freely across our... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Ms Susan Penny Brennan

    I understand the wind farms are not as successful as first thought, as I understand the infrastructure cannot deal with the extra electricity they product and are turned off during curtain hours, so... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Nicholas Mapstone

    I am strongly opposed to the development of solar farms in Lincolnshire. This is one of four nationally significant infrastructure projects within a few miles. The four proposals are being examined... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Nicola Marsh

    The loss of this farmland will be detrimental to the UK food supply, impacting the farmers and their families incomes. The fencing surrounding the proposed solar farms and increased traffic during... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Peter H M Martin

    In this time in the UK there are already major food shortages, please do not allow these massive solar projects on prime agricultural land, because they will never go back or returned to prime... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023

  • Philip Harrison

    West Burton 3 will be 200 metres from our house. Power lines will run behind our property, the wide open views to Lincoln and the cathedral will be lost. Along with Gate Burton, Tilbridge Lane and... Read more

    Submitted by: Members of the public/businesses
    Date submitted: 27 April 2023