Citing potential dangers to the environment, neighbors of a prospective solar farm in New Milford have appealed a ruling that would permit a Massachusetts-based company to install approximately 15,000 solar panels.

Claiming the approval process was rushed and would cause irreparable harm to the environment, Lisa and Michael Ostrove, Rescue Candlewood Mountain and Candlelight Farms Aviation is asking a New Britain Superior Court to overturn the Connecticut Siting Council’s ruling OK’ing the project. The project, the plaintiffs argue, was approved without a plan to adequately manage storm water, and would cut through a huge swath of critical forest. The request to overturn the ruling was filed Feb. 1.