Stop East Park Energy
East Park Energy is a 1,800 acre solar power plant proposal. Bigger than Gatwick Airport, it would carve an industrial corridor through rolling Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire countryside, sacrifice fertile farmland and swallow up several rural villages
Right energy, wrong place
Our community is standing up to this huge industrial scheme. We know the damage it would cause – from taking hundreds of acres of prime agricultural land out of production, through ramping up flood risks, to ruining the rural landscape. We support renewables, but there is plenty of capacity on brownfield land, rooftops and car parks for solar panels
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Why we want to stop East Park Energy
Overwhelming scale
East Park Energy is nearly seven times the size of the largest solar site in the UK. Covering 1,800 acres of countryside, and right up against or wrapping around several villages, the installation would be literally overwhelming
Loss of high quality farmland
The power plant would take hundreds of acres of good quality agricultural land out of use for years – or for good. Field after field, successfully farmed for generations, would be wiped out by an industrial corridor
Visual impact on landscape character
Beautiful rural landscapes spanning two counties would be scarred – not just during a lengthy and disruptive construction programme, but in operation for decades after
We support Stop East Park Energy
A bad idea – the proposal is far too large
“In pursuit of the good objective of decarbonising our energy production, the East Park Energy proposal for this massively scaled solar power facility across countryside in North Bedfordshire and into Cambridgeshire is a bad idea. The proposal is far too large. The proposal would have a lasting detrimental effect on the prime farmland targeted for development. The proposal seems more about financial speculation than anything else.”
Richard Fuller, MP for North East Bedfordshire
Solar has a role – but not at the expense of the environment
“CPRE Bedfordshire is pleased to support the Stop East Park Energy campaign. We believe solar energy has a role to play in our collective action against climate change, but not at the expense of the environment.”
Lois Wright, Director, Bedfordshire, CPRE, the countryside charity
1,800
acres
160
Wembley Stadium estates
7
times the size of the UK’s largest solar site
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