Sony Solar Farm Planning Reference 24/03422/FUL User & Service Manual (EN)

Slide 1: New Ash Green Solar Scheme Planning Reference 24/03422/FUL

New Ash Green Solar Scheme Planning Reference 24/03422/FUL Updated Application (July 2025) 1

Стр. 1

Slide 2: Have Your Say (Again): The Solar Farm – What’s Happened and What You Can Do Now

Have Your Say (Again): The developer has resubmitted their application quietly hoping residents would lose interest. We haven’t. The Solar We stopped the BESS because of the community’s effort and excellent expert advice. We must not stop now! Farm – What’s Happened We now have until 17th Aug to submit additional comments to Sevenoaks District Council. This presentation summarises EP’s responses and why they still don’t stand up to scrutiny. and What You Can Do Please review the slides and send in your Third objection – even if you commented before, you can and we hope you will, comment again .

Let’s aim for even more than 1000 responses this time to show how strongly we oppose this damaging proposal. Now Anyone can comment – you don’t need to live locally, and every person in a household can submit their own objection, regardless of age. 2

Стр. 2

Slide 3: WHY ITS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU MUST ACT AGAIN

The first application was declared invalid only because local residents and campaigners repeatedly highlighted flaws . That the application is now live again — with only minor changes — demonstrates how little regard the applicant has for the unsuitability of the site. WHY ITS IMPERATIVE The community cannot afford to relent. Every objection raised last time remains valid. However, the removal of the BESS addresses only one of many issues while simultaneously weakening the developer’s justification for the scheme’s benefits. The balance between harm and benefit — already unfavourable — has deteriorated THAT YOU MUST ACT Every objection raised last time still applies.

Removing the BESS reduces one risk however weakens the benefits even further. The harm still far outweighs the benefit. AGAIN You can find the original objection materials on our website: www.no-nags.co.uk (Public Documents > How to Object) Don’t be fooled The BESS will be back. If the solar farm is approved, the developer can submit a separate application for the battery later – and it will be much harder to stop once the principle of development is accepted. The developer hopes residents will tire of fighting. We must demonstrate they are wrong. 3

Стр. 3

Slide 4

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

Стр. 4