Solar power has many benefits for the community and society as a whole
when compared to fossil-fuel power generation. They include:

- substantially reduced greenhouse gas emissions
- substantially reduced air pollution
- substantially reduced water pollution
- substantially reduced noise pollution

Solar power is more sustainable and less damaging to the environment
than most other generation types.

The proposed 100MW solar farm would reduce CO2 emissions by over
100,000 tonnes per year.

I hope the substantial benefits of solar power are given due
consideration when weighing up the pros and cons of this proposal.

This project is a great investment for Australia.

I wish to support Renew Estate's development application for the proposed
120 MW Springdale Solar Farm. There is considerable need for renewable
energy developments such as this. The environmental impacts of the
proposal would be acceptable compared with the significant benefits of
the proposal, including an annual saving of 123,00 tonnes of carbon
dioxide emissions. The solar farm would increase the security of
electricity supply for families and businesses. This is a worthwhile
project for NSW.

I strongly object to the Springdale solar farm for many reasons.Firstly
if anyone knows Sutton or the area where the purposed solar farm is
going there is months of the year where it doesnt see sun,some days
the fog is that heavey it doesnt lift all day not to mention it is a
known flood zone when ever we get rain this is the first place to
flood. It is loacted in a valley.All footage i have ever seen of solar
farms they have been on acres of dead flat clear land which has strong
sunshine 12mths of the year.Yass council have also doucumented that
the purposed zone is prime agriculture land and is not in the
character or vision of Sutton.We have generations of familes that call
Sutton home and then get this monstrosity dumped on their doorstep
with the only people benifiting this is the solar panel company and
the government officals with financial intrest in it pushing it
through which they like because its not in their neighbourhood and
they dont have to look at it.Sutton wont be able cope with the
increased traffic movements during construction and the saftey of
childern and residents hasnt ever been considered.I dont have a
problem with renewable energy if its loacated in the right position
and not impacting so many lives. The government have already zoned
suitable areas for these solar farms and Sutton is not one of them.I
would like to see a third party independant review of the puposed
Springdale Solar farm as well as the land and enviorment court to
adjudicate if this goes ahead with all the massive impacts its having
on the enviorment,fauna and people.

Attention: Director - Resource and Energy Assessment

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing in regards to the proposed Springdale Solar Development
at Sutton NSW, just beyond the border of the Australian Capital
Territory.

I OPPOSE this development as I do not believe it is the correct
location for a large scale solar farm.

The proposed area is prime agricultural grazing land, where my
forefathers have farmed for the past 8 generations. Many areas of
poorer grazing land in NSW are conducive to such large-scale
developments as is proposed with the Springdale Solar Farm, that will
not impinge on the productivity of the land, or lead to as much impact
on neighbouring residence as would the current chosen location.

Yass council are opposed to any subdivision of less than 200 acres in
this area as it is classed as prime agricultural land, however Renew
Estate are seeking to consume a large portion of this land and destroy
the agricultural potential of the land and the possibilities for
future residential and agricultural use.

In addition to all this, such a development will impact on the
surrounding landscape, increase traffic greatly to the area, increase
noise levels, create a `sea' of glare in the valley, among other
impacts. The development will all also create a much higher fire risk
due to the huge number of ignition points throughout the valley. Being
so close to Sutton and the suburbs of Gungahlin in the ACT, this is
highly dangerous in the summer months.

I wish to encourage those with the ability to approve or reject this
proposal to investigate thoroughly the impact this development will
have on the local area and beyond, and make the best decision.

Thank you for your time and the ability to voice my concerns and those
of my family.

I object to a solar being built in this area.
It is a sore for all the land that is above this farm. It cannot
effectively be blocked from the higher land that rises on the Nations
capital's side.
It will decrease the land value of quite a large area around it.
It is not in the constraints of the Yes valley shire vision for this
area.
These farms not usually placed in prime land so close to residence.
There are animals that are protected that live within this area and
should be considered.
The off set for families within the area is not even close to
compensating for this loss of land and future.
This area has fires and floods that will adversely affect the
potential of energy received from these panels.
The loss of potential for surrounding suburbs, Sutton, Gundaroo,
Bonner, Forde, Murrumbateman has not had enough consideration.
This project involves Simon Corbell was theFormer deputy chief
minister. He pushed the move to fund solar and wind projects around
Australia. He also works for a share holder in the company (as
reported in the Canberra times by Finbar O'Mallon) Are we taking from
our farmers and lining pockets of politicians?
The government has other proposed sites for solar farms this was not
one of the original sites proposed.

I am against the solar farm. I am a NSW resident that lives close to
where the solar farm is proposed. I am concerned that in the long term
Canberra will expand and its population will spills over into this
rural area. The proposed area is already only 10 min from residential
homes. The nations capital will have solar farms in amongst a prime
residential area. Only 30 minutes to the heart of Canberra, 'The
Capital of Australia. ' This will have a detrimental effect on the
"Bush Capital, Its tourism and being viable area for people to
relocate. Just think how many want to live next to electricity
substation. It will then become housing commission area and lose its
potential as a wealthy residential area. Thus causing the land value
to decrease in not just the adjoining properties but as far reaching
as Gundaroo. Who wants to buy on a side to Canberra that has
industrial qualities to it!! I understand that it would not be in
everyone's backyard but It means that this side of Canberra will not
be looked at as the "Place to be" My town has had development
applications for more than 800 homes and we are further out. We are
naive to think that in 50 - 100 years the land between Bonner and
Gundaroo will not be used for Canberra's growing population. Thus
bringing good revenue into the Yes shire and this area.
I am also concerned with the loss of habitat for the superb parrot. It
is a declining species and already the development near Gundaroo is
taken up their breeding ground now more of its habitat will be lost to
an energy farm.

I am against the solar farm. I am a NSW resident that lives close to
where the solar farm is proposed. I am concerned that in the long term
Canberra will expand and its population will spills over into this
rural area. The proposed area is already only 10 min from residential
homes. The nations capital will have solar farms in amongst a prime
residential area. Only 30 minutes to the heart of Canberra, 'The
Capital of Australia. ' This will have a detrimental effect on the
"Bush Capital, Its tourism and being viable area for people to
relocate. Just think how many want to live next to electricity
substation. It will then become housing commission area and lose its
potential as a wealthy residential area. Thus causing the land value
to decrease in not just the adjoining properties but as far reaching
as Gundaroo. Who wants to buy on a side to Canberra that has
industrial qualities to it!! I understand that it would not be in
everyone's backyard but It means that this side of Canberra will not
be looked at as the "Place to be" My town has had development
applications for more than 800 homes and we are further out. We are
naive to think that in 50 - 100 years the land between Bonner and
Gundaroo will not be used for Canberra's growing population. Thus
bringing good revenue into the Yes shire and this area.
I am also concerned with the loss of habitat for the superb parrot. It
is a declining species and already the development near Gundaroo is
taken up their breeding ground now more of its habitat will be lost to
an energy farm.

I object to the proposal because:
- it is not within the 3 priority zones as designated by the NSW
government
- the road infrastructure will not support the construction traffic
- there is severe environmental impact
- it is too close to the Mulligans Flat and Goorooyarroo areas

I strongly oppose the proposal to develop the Springdale Solar Farm at
Sutton.

As I understand it, the proposed Solar Farm at Sutton:

(1) is not in any renewable energy zones identified by the NSW
Government; and
(2) does not meet suitability criteria prescribed in the NSW
Department of Planning and Environment Draft Guidelines for
large-scale solar development.

If my understanding is correct, it is easy to see why the proposed
development is non-compliant with these requirements.

Placing an industrial-scale development of this massive size and
ugliness in close proximity to high-value residential properties in
Sutton (a region within just a few kilometres from Canberra's northern
suburbs) would destroy the main reason why I, and many other Sutton
residents, chose to live here, namely, to enjoy a pleasant rural
lifestyle within a 15 minute drive from the national capital.

If the development were to go ahead, even as a scaled-down version, it
would have an extremely negative impact on the region's visual amenity
and on property values.

Placing conditions on the proposed development, for example, size
reductions, planting of trees, compensation payments into community
development funds etc, would not address the fundamental objections
outlined in my submission.

There are many other potential sites available for large-scale
renewable energy projects that could be chosen in less inhabited parts
of NSW, without building in, and severely compromising, Sutton's
beautiful rural residential environment.

The proposal suggests a most regrettable lack of regard for the
(entirely foreseeable) environmental and economic wellbeing concerns
of Sutton residents, many of whom have voiced their concerns at Sutton
Solar Action Group community meetings.

I therefore respectfully request that the NSW Government rejects the
proposal to develop the Springdale Solar Farm at Sutton in it's
existing form or in a modified form.