Plans have finally been submitted to the UK government's planning assessor – the Planning Inspectorate - for a 2175 acre solar farm which, it is hoped, will be built on farmland in Rutland and Lincolnshire. The plans have met with fierce opposition from local residents who are worried about the impact the project will have on the local area.
A year on from announcing their intentions, the companies behind Mallard Pass Solar Farm have submitted their planning application to the Planning Inspectorate for what could be the UK’s largest solar farm – built across farmland in villages in East Rutland and South West Lincolnshire.
Canadian Solar and Wendel Energy have held two public consultations over the past year and the examination of their plans by the government is expected to begin in the New Year. The project is too large to be assessed by local planning authorities and is considered to be national infrastructure planning so it must be assessed by the governmental department.
Mallard Pass Action Group have raised over £9000 of the £15,000 they say they need for full legal representation and expert advice to oppose the scheme. They have a Go fund me page and are also taking donations direct.
Rutland’s MP, Alicia Kearns, is also against the Mallard Pass project, saying that it’s being planned by the wrong people in the wrong place and without the right level of engagement and care for the local community.
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