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This page provides updates on our consultation activities and information on how you can get in touch with the Mallard Pass Solar Farm team.

Our Stage One consultation

Our initial stage of consultation ran for six weeks, from Thursday 4 November 2021 to Thursday 16 December 2021. We are grateful to everyone who has provided feedback and asked questions during this Stage One consultation and who attended our consultation events.

Exhibition events

  • Community webinar event 1 — Wednesday 17 November 2021 – 10am to 12pm. You can watch the recording back by clicking here.

  • Ryhall Village Hall consultation event — Tuesday 23 November 2021 — 2pm to 6pm.

  • Stamford Town Hall consultation event — Wednesday 24 November 2021 — 10am to 3pm.

  • Essendine Village Hall consultation event — Thursday 25 November 2021 — 2pm to 8pm.

  • Community webinar 2 — Thursday 2 December 2021 — 6pm to 8pm. *Please note that unfortunately a recording of this webinar is not available owing to a technical malfunction. A written record can be read here.

You can also still view our virtual exhibition here.

Your responses matter

All of the questions and issues raised during our consultation are carefully logged and considered. We are currently reviewing all of the feedback received. In early 2022 we will be sharing:

  • A comprehensive Consultation Summary Report (CSR). The CSR will summarise all the feedback we received during our Stage One consultation, and how we will be responding to it.

  • An updated list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). The FAQs will provide more information on frequently raised topics, such as the developers’ background, land use, flood risk, ecological impact, visual impact, and more.

This Stage One consultation was not the only opportunity to comment on and provide feedback on Mallard Pass Solar Farm. Later in 2022, we will be organising further Stage Two consultation activities.

In the meantime, please sign up here to receive updates about our consultation activities.

You can also continue to get in touch with us through our information lines:

  • Send us a letter: FREEPOST MALLARD PASS SOLAR FARM

Our consultation process

Mallard Pass Solar Farm is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) as it is proposed to have a generating capacity exceeding 50 megawatts (MW). We will be applying for a Development Consent Order (DCO) through the Planning Inspectorate (PINS). The application will be determined by the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

A DCO application is planned to be submitted in winter 2022. Prior to this, we will be consulting on our plans for the project. Throughout this process we will be engaging with local communities and consulting on and refining our proposals across two stages of consultation.

Our Stage One community consultation ran for 6 weeks, closing on Thursday 16 December 2021. Our Stage Two consultation is planned for spring 2022.

Ahead of our Stage Two community consultation, we will publish a Statement of Community Consultation (SoCC), outlining how we will engage with and seek feedback from the community during our statutory consultation for Mallard Pass Solar Farm.

Our team is dedicated to working with local communities throughout the development of the scheme, and beyond should the project be granted permission. A key aspect to our process is to ensure people receive useful information and that they are able to comment and provide feedback.

Throughout the process, we will report on the feedback that you have provided, and how this has helped to shape our proposals.

Timeline

  • September 2021

    Early engagement with local authorities

  • November 2021

    Stage One consultation

  • February 2022

    Scoping request to be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate

  • January - Spring 2022

    Ongoing environmental studies and engagement with the local community and stakeholders on refinement of proposals

  • February - March 2022

    Consultation on the Draft Statement of Community Consultation with Local Planning Authorities

  • Spring 2022

    Publication of the Statement of Community Consultation and Preliminary Environmental Information Report and start of Stage Two community consultation

  • End of 2022

    Final DCO application submission to the Planning Inspectorate