Updated Application The developer has resubmitted their application for a large- scale solar farm on land at New Ash Green & Ridley. The proposal remains fundamentally flawed, and inappropriate for this site. The original application was invalidated after sustained effort from the local community and advice from our experts to expose its deficiencies — effort that should have been unnecessary had the local planning authority exercised proper scrutiny . Now resubmitted, the scheme remains deeply damaging to the environment, local heritage, food security, biodiversity, public amenity and tranquillity .
Worse, the removal of the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) — while reducing one safety risk — has also undermined the already weak justification for the claimed benefits of the scheme . This document explains in detail why this application must still be refused 4