A solar farm developer is proposing to place solar panels on 100 acres of productive agricultural land, on a North East Facing Hill, rendering them less efficient. This is a designated Special Landscape Area in the Stour Valley Project area that is adjacent to Dedham Vale AONB. The site will be visible from miles around and enclosed with metal fencing and have CCTV cameras.The Save Glem Valley Group are campaigning against this and will need to employ various advisers and consultants such as barrister, heritage and planning specialists, and landscape architects. The visual impact will be devastating to residents and visitors to this unique hilly part of Suffolk. This agricultural area could provide 82 million weetabix, or 500,000 loaves a bread a year. We believe in renewable energy but believe solar panels should be on roofs/industrial areas, not beautiful and productive land. The River Glem already floods regularly and we fear this could affect the lanes and housing in the valley.

So far we have funded a short film, banners and fliers and an architectural historian, and have an ongoing legal adviser

UPDATE 17/3/24:

The closing date for objections to Babergh Council was 3 months ago and there were 240 objections and no supporters. People can still email in with comments to: planning@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk.

Your donations have contributed to paying for our specialist reports that are all available to view under 'documents' on the Baberghmidsuffolk planning portal: DC/23/05127 dated 29/2/24. They include landscape visual review, ecology, heritage and planning subjects.

We do not know when the planning committee will meet to make a decision- it could be months.

We are likely to need more funds and the saveglemvalley committee will continue to do their best to fight this absurd plan: Baberghmidsuffolk planning portal