Solar PanelFarms
There are a significant number of these of varying sizes springing up here in Cornwall. Initially, I was concerned about the glare/glint issue but when you think about it, they are designed to absorb light, not reflect it and in practice they present as a matt black surface. We've quite a number of polytunnels covering fields at the moment, these are much brighter although of course they are also trying to absorb radiation. Neither structure would be good news during a forced landing, but then again Cornish fields are generally very small and undulating, with dry stone walls all around them (euphemistically referred to as 'Cornish Hedges').
You say the proposed development is 'near' you, then you refer to a Clearway, suggesting it's actually within the runway safeguarding area. If that is the case, then look up the safeguarding criteria for your runway(s) in CAP 168 and apply them, even if the aerodrome is unlicensed. If it's outside and there are no significant upstanding obstructions associated, such as poles for the cabling, then you have no issues.
Personally, I'd far rather have a field of solar panels than a windfarm. We've some enormous new windfarms going up all over Cornwall, a much more significant hazard in my opinion. We get notified of all of these proposed within our ATZ and look at each one carefully. There are unresolved issues with these; apart from the physical obstruction, there is the question of turbulence downwind, none experienced so far.
WRT polarising sunglasses, I tried these a few years ago for flying and my experience was that they are unsuitable. Firstly, they show up all the stresses in plastic windscreens which is very distracting. Secondly, they render any kind of LCD display invisible at some angles, in an unpredictable way. I have to carry a 'second' pair of spectacles and have finally settled on varifocal lenses with photochromic properties that just darken enough but enable mapreading without strain - expensive but very good indeed. I can go from map to instruments to outside instantly, just by moving my eyes up and down.
Cheers,
The Odd One