Representation by Tracey Coulson
- Date submitted
- 29 March 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I support sustainable energy solutions. I have grave concerns about the scale of the solar proposal; the appropriate and best use of land when looking to balance all of the issues currently facing our country, and the actual efficiency/effectiveness/output of the farms and whether that justifies the consumption of so much agricultural land. I suggest that other ways could be pursued to accommodate solar solutions, that arguably may have less immediate impact on rural communities. Four solar farms in one district has a negative accumulative impact disproportionate to the size of our community and any offset gain that is being offered by way of compensation. I see a lack of harmony and joined up thinking and a rush to provide an 'urgent' solution with little regard to the local impact, or any evidence of long term intelligent planning.