The huge solar farm would span around 360 acres in the countryside, roughly the size of around 180 football pitches 😮
MP Simon Lightwood, who has contacted Boom Power to highlight residents’ concerns. A spokesperson for Save Sitlington said: “This is productive farmland that needs to be protected in line with national and local policies in order to support the demand for food produced in the UK and not imported from abroad. This beautiful area of countryside is used on a daily basis by hundreds of walkers, ramblers, horse riders, dog walkers, cyclists and a range of community groups and visitors to the area.
The company also said existing rights of way and footpaths will be retained, no trees or hedgerows will be removed to accommodate the solar farm and a public consultation process is ongoing.The Save Sitlington spokesperson added: “Our community is not opposed to solar, or any renewable energy. Sustainable energy will play a key role in safeguarding our country’s future energy supplies.
“We need to put communities at the heart of the planning process, strengthening the resources of our planning system and local democracy.“However, this needs to be carefully balanced with the fact we must have alternative, sustainable forms of power generation to address the serious challenges posed by the climate crisis.Ian Sanders, Conservative councillor for Wakefield Rural ward, said: “We have nothing against solar farms but they have to be in the right place.
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