Last week, local campaign group Stop East Park Energy, came to Parliament to meet with Shadow Energy Secretary, Claire Coutinho. East Park Energy is a huge 1900-acre solar plant and battery storage that will span parts of North Bedfordshire as well as Huntingdonshire.
Local resident and campaigner, Amanda was joined by Tracey from Huntingdonshire and Professor Tony Day from Stop Oversized Solar and Huntingdonshire MP, Ben Obese-Jecty, to discuss how national politics is evolving on renewables.
During the meeting, discussion centred around the real cost of solar energy to consumers and British taxpayers, as well as the risks that large‑scale ground‑mounted solar developments pose to the nation’s farmland and the wider implications for food security.
Richard Fuller MP said:
It is becoming abundantly clear that solar is not the ‘cheap energy’ fix the Government claims. With ever-growing government subsidies and developers storing solar power to sell back later at higher prices, these large-scale ground-solar proposals deliver exceptional returns for developers without delivering the lower energy costs people are expecting.
We have many other solar plants in Bedfordshire or in planning. These can play their part, but East Park Energy is far too large. It must be opposed.
The application for East Park Energy is currently with the Planning Inspectors. Anyone wishing to submit objections to the East Park Energy solar plant must register as an ‘Interested Party’ on the Planning Inspectors portal by 14 January 2026 at 23:59. After this date, it will not be possible for members of the public to submit any objections to the proposal.
Further details about the proposal can be found at: eastparkenergy.co.uk
Richard’s objection to the proposal be read here and further information about Richard’s work to oppose the solar plant can be found at his website: https://www.richardfuller.co.uk/campaigns/solar-farms
