Equivalent to the size of 1,500 football pitches, the Droves is one of several major solar farms which have been proposed for Norfolk.
IGP has said it would generate up to 500 megawatts (MW) of electricity — enough to power about 115,000 homes annually — and would be in use for up to 60 years.
The government is currently inviting comments, external on the project, which would be built on farmland close to Gormley’s property in the small village of West Acre.
Gormley and his wife Vicky Parsons have both made submissions in which they describe themselves as “passionate supporters” of transitioning from fossil fuels to green energy sources.
But they argue the Droves plan is “a profit grab at the cost of a special and much-loved area of farmland, fields, woods and lanes”.
Describing the area as a “precious, tucked-away corner of England”, they added that “putting one of the largest solar arrays in the country here feels cruel and destructive beyond belief”.