Landscape Susceptibility in relation to Energy Generation, Storage and Transmission - SPD

Object

Representation ID: 4310

Received: 13/08/2025

Respondent: Brockdish (including Thorpe Abbotts) Parish Council

Councillors were very disappointed with this document. We found it excessively long and unstructured and consequently very difficult to form a complete picture of the measures being proposed. It was frustrating to read a large amount of text only then to find that it related only to BESS of less than 1 Ha. and totally irrelevant to the proposal at Dodd's Wood which is probably 50 Ha in size.
The Parish Council suggests that you create a new document which:
1. Carries out research into the likely size of BESS proposals likely to be coming forward and then addresses sites of that size.
2. Begins with 2 or perhaps 3 pages which state the essential policies, proposals and criteria which the Council will use in assessing proposals. This will help to both clarify the issues in the Council's mind and make it easier for consultees to respond. It will also make a document which can be more effectively defended at public inquiries.
3. The reasoned justification and technical data can then form a second part so that anyone interested can interrogate that information as required.
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