Policy EN6 - Protecting agricultural land

Object

Representation ID: 4536

Received: 23/11/2023

Respondent: Stewart MacDonald

I do not support any housing development on agricultural land as I believe we should be adopting policies to utilise agricultural land for agriculture thereby reducing food imports, food miles thereby benefiting the environment and improving food security.

Object

Representation ID: 4608

Received: 04/12/2023

Respondent: Mr Nigel Roberts

Planning permission should not be allowed in ant circumstances

Object

Representation ID: 4748

Received: 12/12/2023

Respondent: Miss Serena Solanki

Development on agricultural land should be banned. Multiple reports from various organizations show that we are rapidly depleting farmland that is vital to the UK. Famines, war and other issues threaten our food security and we are further impacting this by building on agricultural land - which leads to rise in living costs, food costs and will impact the local and UK economy.

https://www.cpre.org.uk/about-us/cpre-media/huge-quantities-of-productive-land-lost-to-development-our-research-shows/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28003435

Support

Representation ID: 4873

Received: 22/12/2023

Respondent: Burley Parish Meeting

Solar and Wind are good sources of energy. But you can not plan for these unless you absolutely have a plan in place to recycle the panels and blades when they need replacing. No Planning should be allowed with a covenant to cover the cost a recycling these product in later years otherwise our children will be paying a high price for our ignorance.

Object

Representation ID: 4919

Received: 28/12/2023

Respondent: Mr Anthony Orvis

Planning permission for development on ALC Grade 3b should not be permitted. As far as the management and yields are concerned Grade 3b land is virtually indistinguishable from 3a.

Support

Representation ID: 5114

Received: 03/01/2024

Respondent: Natural England

Natural England welcomes this policy for the protection of Best and Most Versatile (BMV) agricultural land. The policy therefore reflects the guidance in paragraph 175 of the NPPF. Any development on BMV land should have a soil handling plan and sustainable soil management strategy based on detailed soils surveys.

Support

Representation ID: 5213

Received: 03/01/2024

Respondent: Mr Frank Brett

Supported in general. Noted that Solar PV is referenced explicitly, but electricity generation from wind should also be covered - with some caveats if absolutely necessary.

Object

Representation ID: 5283

Received: 03/01/2024

Respondent: Tracey Chadwick

No development should be permitted on agricultural land. I would like to point out that the reserve site of Land off Mill Lane Cottesmore contains some grade 2 agricultural land on the site. This has not been taken into account during the appraisal stage and needs to be re-considered.

Object

Representation ID: 5458

Received: 04/01/2024

Respondent: Mary Cade

No development should be permitted on agricultural land as it is vital that we produce more food, and other agricultural products such as fibres, locally, so avoiding import and transport costs, and threats to food security, whilst improving our economy. Grade 3b land, which most of Rutland is, can be very productive if farmed well.
Ground mounted solar PV should not be allowed on agricultural land, even though it is usually described as 'temporary'. Solar PV is best on roofs (of which there are plenty).

Object

Representation ID: 5517

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Ms Janet Taylor

Food security should be much more of a priority, and agricultural land should be preserved to this end. In particular no ground mounted PV arrays should be allowed; there are so many roofs where they could be installed, including over car parks, solar farms are just opportunities for profit motivated companies to reap quick subsidised returns.

Object

Representation ID: 5634

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Mrs laura alcock

Protecting agriculture for food production is essential, as climate breakdown takes a hold, farming becomes more and more challenging, food security.

However , wind turbines for generation of electricity on agriculture land I would support.

Object

Representation ID: 5679

Received: 06/01/2024

Respondent: Mrs Jayne Williams

No agricultural land grade 1-3b should be used for ground mounted solar. Rutland should designate 3b within BMV as many consider it to be as productive as 3a if managed properly. With a growing population, we will need every acre of farmland to maintain our food security as a nation. We do not need to use farmland for solar farms as there are plenty of other alternatives, roofs (domestic and commercial) brownfield and car parks, to name but a few. If there is any grade 1 or 2 land within any proposed development then the whole proposal should be rejected.

Support

Representation ID: 5715

Received: 06/01/2024

Respondent: Braunston-in-Rutland Parish Council

Agricultural land is a valuable asset and we all have a duty to protect it. Development should be confined to brown field sites where possible, we have a duty to protect our rural county from over development and we must maintain sufficient land for food production and to maintain the beauty of the county of Rutland.

Support

Representation ID: 5858

Received: 06/01/2024

Respondent: Braunston-in-Rutland Parish Council

Support

Support

Representation ID: 5924

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Mr Rob Cooke

generally support, but there may be situations on poorer grade land where inputs exceed the value of the food produced; in these situations change of use to another form of sustainable land use woodland or nature recovery. Nb Food security is about the nation being able to feed itself, from either home grown or imported food. Food sovereignty is about growing our own food.

Object

Representation ID: 5996

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Jane Ellis

Food security is a key concern for the UK. Development of agricultural land for housing should be a last resort. Rutland cannot sustain the levels of housing development it has seen in recent years. Building housing in rural areas increases car use

The updated NPPF places emphasis on urban development, where there is already infrastructure and employment opportunities. Greenfield housing development in rural areas is not the answer to levelling up. Rutland now needs to demonstrate a 4 year housing supply as the Local Plan is at Reg 18 stage. Housing need projections should be reviewed

Object

Representation ID: 6003

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Mr Stuart Chadwick

No development should be granted on agriculture land to help protect our community from irresponsible development. The site of Land off Mill Lane, Cottesmore is marked as containing grade 2 lane and therefore should be removed from the reserve site list.

Support

Representation ID: 6445

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Mrs Hilary Smith

Support the principal BUT NOT for Solar panels which should be sited on roofs not agricultural land

Support

Representation ID: 6532

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: NGO East Mercia Rivers Trust

Not sure where else to write this but there is limited recognition nor mention of soil health. There should be an additional policy on soil health, ecology & nutrient neutrality reference to rivers & run off. Whilst the present govt have watered down their policy on this, nutrient neutrality requires that new housing developments in certain areas should not add more 'nutrient pollution' to the water catchment. The Welland catchment is highly impacted by nitrates & phosphates. Perhaps speak to the Allerton Project, Game Wildlife Conservation Trust based in Loddington, nr to Oakham for wording.

Object

Representation ID: 6724

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Amanda Bloomfiled

Grade 3 land that is used for arable production should not be used for solar farms.

Object

Representation ID: 6728

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Catherine Andrew

I realise we need to convert to renewable energy but not at the expense of the farmland that typifies the county (sheep fields for example). Incentivise and educate us to put solar panels on our roofs and on the roofs of businesses first.

Object

Representation ID: 6732

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Lucy & Tom Pengilley Gibb

Number of people: 2

Large scale solar farms should not be allowed on farmland.

Object

Representation ID: 6736

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Aileen Coupe

Number of people: 2

Large scale solar farms should not be allowed on farmland.

Object

Representation ID: 6801

Received: 02/01/2024

Respondent: Gary Firkins

Large scale solar farms should not be allowed on farmland.

Object

Representation ID: 6807

Received: 04/01/2024

Respondent: Mrs Carol Dry

I am concerned that solar panels should not be used on farm land .

Object

Representation ID: 6870

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Catherine Morgan

Large scale solar farms, like the proposal at Stavely, should not be allowed on farmland

Object

Representation ID: 6915

Received: 05/01/2024

Respondent: Ms Erica Downs

Stop the development of large scale solar farms on agricultural land in Rutland.

Object

Representation ID: 6975

Received: 08/01/2024

Respondent: Caroline McAlpine

I think it is quite wrong for Solar to be built on argricultural land where they should be put on warehouse roofing and houses and on brownfield land, not destroying all our precious countryside, especially in a small county like Rutland which we should be preserving.

Object

Representation ID: 7089

Received: 07/01/2024

Respondent: Bob Chidgey

Large scale solar farms should not be allowed on farmland.

Object

Representation ID: 7091

Received: 03/01/2024

Respondent: Mrs Sheila Storer

I would like to express my view on using farmland to provide solar power.
In my opinion it is madness to use valuable land that is already put to good use.
Planning departments should refuse to use precious farmland.