Members of the travelling community living at the site on Heath Common, in Wakefield, have given their backing to a protest group set up to fight the proposals.Harmony Energy has submitted plans to build the Battery Energy Storage Site (BESS) on greenbelt land adjacent to the traveller site.The site is also close to historic parkland at Heath Common and the City Fields development.Travellers join campaign to stop energy storage farm being built near their homesResidents groups say the BESS would pose a serious fire or explosion risk to nearby homes, previously describing it as ‘a bomb waiting to go off’.More than 30 objection letters have been handed to Wakefield Council on behalf of the travellers by their ward councillor Julie Medford.The travellers say it would have a huge impact on their day-to-day lives and spoil the greenfield site forever.The site is close to where they…
Travellers join campaign to stop energy storage farm being built near their homes
