A PUBLIC consultation is set to take place for a new solar energy farm. The consultation will discuss updated proposals for Longfield Solar Farm, north of the A12 between Boreham and Hatfield Peverel. Plans were announced last year by a joint venture of EDF Renewables UK and Padero Solar. The solar farm would have the potential to generate enough renewable electricity to meet the needs of up to 96,000 households. Spokesman James Pateman said: “We are grateful to everyone who took part in our last round of consultation. Since then, we have considered all of the comments we received, continued our environmental surveys and developed our plans in more detail.