There are plans to install thousands of solar panels in 360 acres of Yorkshire countryside
The meeting heard Wakefield Council has now raised concerns over the scheme and a full environmental impact assessment will take place.
One resident said: “To put that into context, this is a temporary scheme but no one will be here when it’s ended will they? We will all be dead.”Another objector said: “This is for a lot of rich people down south to make money while we feel the ill effects.”Mr Spurway said: “I’m not going to stand here and say this scheme won’t make money. It definitely is a big commercial operation. The scheme will generate a significant amount of clean energy. The scheme will pay business rates.
“That on your screen does not represent what you are planning, because Low Farm has already been passed without any consultation with anybody in this room or anybody in Sitlington. It was done under the radar.”Mr Spurway described the situation regarding the Kirklees application as “unfortunate”, adding: “It happened during Covid and we couldn’t control that at the time.”Hide Ad
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