Save Our Greenbelt Farmland
Join our campaign to stop the industrial sized solar farm development and preserve our valuable agricultural land and rural heritage.
Our Campaign
Why We Oppose This Development
The proposed Haxted Mead Solar Farm would have significant negative impacts on our community and environment.
Loss of Agricultural Land
The development would remove valuable farmland from production, threatening our local food security and our farming community.
Visual Impact
The solar farm would dramatically alter the character of our beautiful greenbelt countryside and historic landscape.
Biodiversity
The solar farm's high fences will disrupt local wildlife, blocking migratory geese, deer, and foxes from essential food, shelter, and safe passage.
Flooding
The development would increase local flooding along Haxted Road by altering natural drainage patterns and reducing the land's ability to absorb rainfall.
Traffic
Construction would bring heavy vehicles to our narrow rural roads, causing congestion, noise pollution, and potential damage to local infrastructure.
No Local Benefit
Why should a wealthy landowner, who is not part of the local community, be enriched while the local community suffer the consequences.
Our Position
Better alternatives exist
We support renewable energy in appropriate locations that don't sacrifice our precious countryside.
Alternatives include:
- Brownfield sites and former industrial land
- Commercial and industrial rooftops
- Lower-grade agricultural land (grades 3b, 4, and 5)
- Co-location with existing infrastructure such as reservoirs or alongside motorways
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