This location is not is not the right place for a solar farm, it is to close to a national park and on a main water way, so I object to it going ahead.

Please see attached PDF document.

The project is not in any way compatible with the agricultural and environmental features of the New England region and the Armidale district.
There has not been any public presentation at any public forum organised by the proponents and they have not attended any community forum to explain or promote their project.
Who are they? Are they financially reputable and will they still be here to clean up when the project deteriorates and is no longer operating? Has the Government required them to put up a bond as the mining companies are required to do? Are they stable companies? Are they being subsidised?
There are too many questions and the proponents are not making themselves available to answer so now it is up to the NSW Government to answer for them.
The New England area has been recognised as a special place to live, there are major tourism promotions aimed at the rivers, waterfalls, National/State Parks, the wildlife and the mountains. This is a unique part of Australia and placing such a project in this area is an insult to anyone who choses to live here and to those who are increasingly becoming enamoured of its uniqueness.
Placing permanent concrete structures here is counterproductive to the environment. There are millions of hectares of land in Western NSW beyond the Darling River system where there is far more sunshine and more appropriate land areas.
Placing this and other structures in New England simply to save the developers money and to take advantage of taxpayer funded infrastructure is shortsighted.
The Government should reject this proposal and suggest the proposers move much further west so that the solar power will be available in the major east coast population centres after the sun goes down there. There would be solar power available for Sydney and the coast anything up to two hours after their sundown and it would not be so disrupted by cloudy weather.
This is high class agricultural land which owners have adapted to produce environmentally suitable rural products and it should not be spoilt by large area industrial sites which should be constructed hundreds of kilometres AWAY.

See attached

I Object to the proposed Oxley Solar Farm, Please see below for my attached submission.

Proposal is next to local recreation area, blue hole.
Adjacent to national park with attendant fire hazard.
Prime agricultural land

I have grave concerns about the prosed development of Oxley Solar Farm. The New England is well known for its fertile soils and production of fine wool and beef. If the Solar Farm is poorly managed this prime agricultural land could become sterile. The construction phase would cause major distribution to the soil structure and impact the habitats of many soil building microorganisms. The risk of erosion in a high rainfall even is also very concerning as it could potentially fill the Blue Hole with silt.