Mylen Leah Solar Farm
Statutory Consultation Feedback Form (internal use)

Section 1: About you

Your details are important to us in helping to understand who has responded to our consultation, including any organisations and members of the local community. Please see our Data Privacy Notice at the back of this feedback form for details on how we will use your data.

Name

Organisation (if applicable)

Postcode

Email

1a. What is your age? (tick box)

1b. How would you describe your interest in our proposals?

Section 2: General questions

Your responses to this section will help us understand more about your views on climate and energy.

2a. Please indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following statements:

Climate change is an important issue to me

Moving away from fossil fuels is important to me

Energy security is an important issue to me

The UK should develop more renewable energy

2b. Please let us know the reasons for your responses and any other comments you have:

2c. Please tell us your views on solar energy:

2d. Please let us know the reasons for your responses and any other comments you have:

Section 3: Views on Mylen Leah Solar Farm and consultation to date

3a. Based on the information presented as part of our statutory consultation, how supportive are you of our proposals for Mylen Leah Solar Farm?

3b. Please let us know the reasons for your response and any other comments you have:

3c. Do you have any comments on how we have progressed our proposals since our early-stage engagement?

Section 4: Indicative masterplan

We have prepared an indicative masterplan for the statutory consultation showing the proposed layout, including areas for solar photovoltaic (PV) development and ecological mitigation.

To view the site layout plan, please refer to pages 12-13 of the information booklet.

4a. Do you have any comments on the proposed areas for solar PV development?

4b. Our indicative masterplan shows four potential locations for on-site substations. It is likely that two of these locations would be used. Do you have any comments on the potential substation locations shown on the masterplan?

4c. Do you have any comments relating to the proposed ecological mitigation and enhancement? Alternatively, you can comment on our proposed woodland planting and hedgerows for screening, or any further planting or ecological mitigation you think we should consider.

4d. The masterplan shows existing public rights of way and two new proposed permissive routes. Do you have any comments on our proposals, or suggestions for connectivity through the site?

4e. We have identified a grid corridor search area for the underground cable that would connect to the National Grid substation at Thornton. This area is shown on the masterplan and is currently being investigated. Do you have any comments on this search area for our proposed cable route?

Section 5: Construction, operation and decommissioning

Subject to consent being granted, the earliest we expect construction to start is 2029, with a construction period of up to 36 months. The project is expected to have an operational lifetime of 50 years.

For more information on the construction, operation and decommissioning of the project, please refer to pages 20-21 of the information booklet.

5a. Do you have any comments relating to the construction of the project? This could include comments on construction access, traffic management measures, or any other aspect of the construction process.

5b. Do you have any comments relating specifically to the operation of Mylen Leah Solar Farm?

5c. Do you have any comments relating to the decommissioning of Mylen Leah Solar Farm?

Section 6: Local environment

Mylen Leah Solar Farm is classified as an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) development, which means we are required to assess the likely environmental effects of the project.

More information on the process, and on where to find our surveys and assessments, can be found on pages 16-21 of the information booklet.

6a. What environmental issues relating to the proposals are most important to you? Please tick the relevant boxes below.

6b. Please tell us the reason for your answer to question 6a.

6c. Do you have any comments on our preliminary environmental assessments, which are summarised in our information booklet and set out in detail in the Preliminary Environmental Information Report (PEIR)?

Section 7: Community benefits

Statkraft is proposing a community benefit fund for the operational lifetime of Mylen Leah Solar Farm. The fund would be independently administered, with grant decisions made by a local panel of community representatives, and could support community and environmental projects in the parishes closest to the project. More information about this can be found on page 19 of the information booklet.

7. What are your views on the proposed community benefit fund, and are there any local projects or priorities you think it should support?

Section 8: Additional feedback

8. Please provide any further comments you would like to make on the project.

Section 9: Views on the consultation

9a. Please let us know how you heard about the consultation by ticking one or more of the following boxes:

9b. Did you attend an in-person consultation event or attend an online webinar?

9c. How informative did you find our consultation events and/or our consultation materials?

9d. Please rate the information included as part of this consultation in terms of how clearly it was presented and how easy it was to understand:

9e. Do you have any further comments on the delivery of the consultation?

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