roposals to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) on land near Briercliffe are causing huge concern to neighbouring residents.
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00:00There are lots of local residents are concerned about numerous things, one of which is the wildlife.
00:05The other is the amount of traffic and the chaos it will cause in Lane Bottom.
00:09It's a very narrow road, there's some subsidence coming down from the top of the crossroads at Hull site.
00:15So people are really concerned about that, they're concerned about it's going to disrupt their daily lives.
00:22The local residents are totally against it, because the site's just not suitable at all.
00:30We're not questioning best technology, we're not questioning whether it's needed.
00:36What we're saying is that it's just not an appropriate site at all.
00:41There's wildlife here, it's a recreational area, there's loads of people up and down on horses.
00:51We've got happer nearby, there's nesting sites on here for curlews and lapwings.
00:59I challenge anybody to come to this site and say that it's a suitable site for this development.
01:08We just don't feel that it is at all.
01:10I think the next thing really is just to continue getting the word out and continue informing people,
01:15because people really aren't aware of what they are and the dangers that they pose.
01:20If they're not in the correct setting, they need to be placed in the correct place.