Representation by Matthew Axup
- Date submitted
- 22 February 2024
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Hi, On the current plans my land has been selected for a cable corridor route. I would like to launch a complaint against Boom Power and their contractors/ agents due to the following: As we are part of the cable route they have had to carry out non intrusive surveys - We know that these surveys have been done without our permission and just let them selves onto our land like they own it. On top of this we know all the other farmers have received payment and did get notified about the surveys. We are still waiting for any communication regarding this. I asked my land agent to get in touch with them around some basic terms they posted to us with some comments on their proposal and again they never got back they just sent out some more terms with more changes to the amount of space they are looking to take and didn't take any of our comments into consideration. I attended a couple of their public events and when speaking to them I asked has all the land been sorted and finalised with the cable corridor as well - "they have agreed with all parties which the scheme will affect" I can confirm to this date (22/2/24) im still waiting for the agreement for the non intrusive survey or any heads of terms for the use of our land. I also asked as the scheme is so large I asked what they would do for the community and none of the boom power representatives had any idea, which I thought for this size of scheme is appalling. It just looks like they want to do what they want with no consideration to anyone in the local area. Along with a pure lack of respect for land owners. It seems just a big company trying to push over small land owners and village communities around. I would like to add I dont disagree with the solar however it is too large for the area half the size would be better and not to take the cable corridor all the way to Drax there must be a point closer they can use. The main complaint is just their mentality and dealing with the site and no care for local people. They have just lied to say its sorted but I can tell you one the ground its isn't sorted.