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Sunnica Ltd is a joint venture between Tribus Clean Energy and PS Renewables. They are hoping to extend the provision in their agreed planning permission, to secure 'future value-adding flexibility', as stated in their letter to government:
“To provide the Scheme with sufficient future value-adding flexibility in relation to adjacent land that may be subject to planning applications in conjunction with the Scheme.”
These changes would enable them to integrate future proposed developments that come forward, by allowing local planning applications to overlap with the entire boundaries of the Sunnica scheme.
It means that new, vast projects such as data centres could cover many hectares of land, on top of that covered by the already-agreed solar panels, battery storage and associated infrastructure.
A consultation on these proposed changes will begin in due course. However, while the proposal sets out a limited number of consultees, it is very important to recognise that any relevant party will be able to respond.
"It appears to me that the Sunnica solar farm is a Trojan horse - a devious way of introducing even more infrastructure into our county which is lucrative only for the developer and landowners while our communities and landscape pay a heavy price."
Councillor Richard Rout, Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet Member for Devolution, Local Government Reorganisation and NSIPs, said:
“I stand by my previous comments that Sunnica is the poorest infrastructure application that I have ever dealt with.
“In a similar vein, we now learn that they want to move the goalposts on their application, to allow them to sweep through even more potential developments associated with the scheme. For example, this could be large data centres, potentially covering even more land.
“It appears to me that the Sunnica solar farm is a Trojan horse - a devious way of introducing even more infrastructure into our county which is lucrative only for the developer and landowners while our communities and landscape pay a heavy price.
“The approach Sunnica is taking shows complete contempt for local residents and communities.
“I strongly encourage all parishes, organisations, and individuals, who believe they may be affected by the proposed changes to respond to the consultation, when it commences.”