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Representation by Gillian Sarah Procter

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

I urge the Inspector to reject the application for the Cottam Solar Project. Solar power is only ever going to be an adjunct form of energy generation in England. Destruction of thousands of acres of productive farmland (thus compromising national food security) to build solar farms with a life of only 40 years and a high carbon footprint of their own make no sense, especially when other sites for solar panels are poorly used. Local infrastructure (country lanes, villages with narrow windy high streets) are illsuited to the demands construction of these solar factories will make.