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Representation by Nigel Sneath

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

The huge amount of high quality and yielding grade 3b land being potentially taken out of production when the world politically is unstable, That wind power should be increased substantially. Solar panels should be put on brownfield sites , rooftops . The loss of direct and indirect jobs within the agricultural industry. The change in the view of the landscape looking over the Trent Valley from Lincoln to Harpswell including the viewing point at the junction of the B1398 and A1500. The sheer size of the project. Has the total area of proposed solar farms in the whole of England been established to determine how much food production will be lost. The effects on the number of villages that are going to be affected, ( mental health for one ).