Our Aim
Working to raise community awareness of the proposal to build a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on greenfield Farmland on the edge of the Ebford and the harmful impact on the whole community. the group have serious concerns about the suitability of the site, location, safety, noise and on environmental grounds. we are working to ensure that this plant is not built in this area, but created on brownfield land instead.
Harmful impacts:
Noise - we beleive the constant hum of the batteries will severly impact on our community - suggested mitigation is to close windows inorder to reduce the noise from the industrial site.
Fire Risk - highly toxic gases released in the event of fire which will require community evacuation.
Loss of wildlife habitat - home to many species of birds and animals.
Visible from many view points - our beautiful unspoilt valley views will be spoiled forever.
Property Values - well established negative effect on the value of nearby homes.
Light Polluntion - no more dark nights
The planning application can be found here:-
(highlight the link in full and it will prompt you to open the link)
https://planning.eastdevon.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=neighbourComments&keyVal=SYBH1TGHK1S00&neighbourCommentsPager.page=2
How can you help
Our group is working hard to inform local people and nearest located villages of Clyst St George, Woodbury and Exton about the proposals. We've been engaging with our local Councillor and professional bodies to gather support.
- You can help by donating to our GoFundMe campaign (soon to be activated ), which we will use to pay for experts in consultancy and legal advice.
- You can help by responding to the Planning Application https://planning.eastdevon.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=neighbourComments&keyVal=SYBH1TGHK1S00&neighbourCommentsPager.page=2</li>
- Volunteer, coordinate and assist with future involvment