CPRE Bedfordshire supports Stop East Park Energy campaign

Despite our stance as a strong advocate for the generation of electricity through Solar PV systems, CPRE Bedfordshire is supporting the campaign to stop East Park Energy.

East Park Energy is a massive scale development with the capacity to generate 400 MW of solar power, stretching over a swathe of farmland of more than 15 miles across, on the Bedfordshire / Cambridgeshire border. The campaign is being led by residents and Parish Councils.

The scheme, which is proposed by Brockwell Storage and Solar, covers over 1,900 acres of farmland, would contain a massive 700,000 panels and be the size of 1,000 football pitches. This is an area larger than Gatwick Airport!

CPRE Bedfordshire’s objection to the scheme is focused on:

• the impact on landscape and rural communities
• the loss of high quality agricultural land and food security, and
• the opportunities, as evidenced by CPRE’s Rooftop Solar campaign, for solar on rooftops to provide a better alternative means to generate renewable energy.

Read our consultation response in full

The formal statutory consultation period for East Park Energy closed at the end of October. CPRE Bedfordshire submitted a response which you can read via the link below.

East Park Energy consultation response – autumn 2024

Find out more about the campaign

Visit the Stop East Park Energy website for maps, information and the latest updates.