Also I thought that you weren't allowed to place solar panels in a field near an airport due to the glare affect it can cause? One in Burnham-on-Crouch recently got refused planning approval because it's on the flight path into SEN.
Also isn't the land to the north about to be redeveloped as part of the Joint Area Action Plan and with it the new Saxon Business Park and expanded aviation maintenance facilities? At the very least that land is zoned for future aviation related uses.