Save Sitlington

Friday 14th March deadline: your support is more important than ever.

Friday 14 March is now confirmed as the last day that members of the public can submit comments to the planning inspectorate for consideration at the inquiry.

Send a strong message to the Planning Inspector that you still care about the harm this proposal will have on our community.

If you didn’t object the first time around, now is the time – and your last chance – to have your say.

To make new comments, go to https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk and search for case 3354032. Then click make representation and follow the instructions.

All the appeal documents can be viewed at https://planning.wakefield.gov.uk/online-applications and searching using the reference 3354032. Once located, click on the documents link.

One of the main changes is a document called Addendum to ES Landscape published on 06 February. Page 42 contains the most recent plan of the proposal, but it also contains lots of other information that people may wish to comment on. This is a very large document, so it is suggested to download it on a computer if required.

Thank you for your continued support.

Save the Sitlington Countryside is a community group made up of residents of the Sitlington Parish – the villages of Middlestown, Overton and Netherton in Wakefield. We are opposed to the proposal by Boom Power to build a solar farm on 158 acres of green belt land at New Hall Farm, Overton.

The New Hall Farm proposal is in addition to the 210 acre solar farm on adjacent land, already given planning approval by Kirklees Council. If planning for the second area is given, 360 acres of local green belt land will be covered for a minimum of 40 years.

The cumulative impact on local residents and those in surrounding areas, the wildlife and ecology could have permanent and devastating effects.

You can take action and make a difference by objecting to the proposal, once it is submitted to planning at Wakefield Council. To be kept up to date on when to do this, sign up for our updates here.