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  • Deborah Johnson

    My concerns are around the transportation of the infrastructure to sites and the narrow lanes, many of which do not have proper foundations and weak verges. I am also concerned for the loss of mature... Read more

  • E C Morgan

    Part of the cable route seems to cross the south west corner of my land and i have not had any communication or the chance to discuss. With a large field to the south and west why is this required. I... Read more

  • Elizabeth Scott

    Arable land for food not solar, plenty of disused sites that could house solar

  • Finlay Aitken

    I do not agree with it at all.

  • Giles Walter

    1. Decarbonisation a. I fully accept that we as a country need to embrace the decarbonisation agenda and that solar plays an important role, but it must be installed in the correct places. The UK is... Read more

  • James Allan

    There are a number of reasons for my objection to this proposal. Solar power is a legitimate alternative source of renewable energy, but as with everything there are trade offs. I could support a... Read more

  • James Townend

    Precious agricultural land should not be used for solar panels. The land should be used to grow food for people and wildlife and/or to grow trees to absorb carbon and support wildlife. Solar panels... Read more

  • Kym Wood

    This endless desire to fill our countryside and agriculture land with endless acres of glass and irresponsibly placed BESS is a fundamental breach of our, your voters and tax payers, human rights.... Read more

  • Mark Wardle

    I wish lodge my objections against this wholly inappropriate development. My many concerns include the use of active arable farmland that are required to bolster the UK food security, the huge... Read more

  • Matthew Ealam

    Waste of valuable farmland

  • Phillipa Jones

    I am against the use of good arable land being used simply because there is a convenient link to the grid and causing us to have to import food and oils. It will ruin bridle ways and pathways and... Read more

  • Richard Wilkins

    This is one of four outrageously large solar industrial installations in one geographical location. It will, with the other three, potentially waste 10000 acres of productive land for decades. There... Read more

  • Sturton by Stow Parish Council (Sturton by Stow Parish Council)

    This project is one of four currently under development. The project of West Burton should be considered alongside; Cottam, Gate Burton and Tillbridge Solar. The estimated land loss for these projects... Read more

  • Tillbridge Solar Limited (Tillbridge Solar Limited)

    Tillbridge Solar Limited is proposing to build a project for the construction, operation (including maintenance) and decommissioning of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panel arrays and a... Read more

  • Tracy Wilkins

    Feel totally against the proposal . It’s a waste of good farming land and a waste of resources . These solar panels need to be placed on rooftops and not use up valuable land . We are being totally... Read more

  • Vivienne Lewis

    The land that these developers want to use to build these solar arrays should be being used for farming and/or growing food. The population of our small island is growing day on day, and we need the... Read more

  • Wendy Rose

    For me, the main issue is the removal of agricultural land from food production and transferring it for over a generation to solar panels

  • Adrienne Hazel Longmore

    Loss of agricultural land leading to need of imported food. Loss of habitat and decline of certain species and unintentional confinement of wildlife. Loss of rural views and countryside peace and open... Read more

  • Andrew Peter Hewes

    Concern as to the size of the project / the impact on biodiversity

  • Anne Elizabeth Emmerson

    My main concern is the loss of prime farming land, this area has three ongoing project proposals, this project, Gate Burton and Cottam which is anticipated in covering 16 square miles!! this is too... Read more

  • Carol Lynn Harrison

    This West Burton proposal is 2,000 acres. One of four solar, Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) within a few miles of each other. Together this would be the largest solar farm... Read more

  • Catrin Fieldson

    Our small 350 acre family farm will effectively be surrounded by 7000 acres of solar panels for the next 40 years. I think its obvious what the practical, social and emotional impact will be for us:... Read more

  • Cheryl Felix

    I am writing on behalf of my husband and myself to object in the strongest terms to the whole proposal of a 10,000 acre solar ‘farm’ in our area, and as the West Burton project is currently being... Read more

  • Chris Milner

    Far too big in the local community as Lincolnshire seems to be taking up the rest of the country Solar with the lowest population density. And such a big provider of food and with poverty on the rise... Read more

  • Christopher Ivan Matthews

    Like all the other proposed solar panel schemes locally this will be on agricultural green belt land, we are already starting to experience food poverty and facing shortages in the shops and increased... Read more