Representation by Daniel Brousson
- Date submitted
- 29 September 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I wish to raise the following issues of concern about Sizewell C. Decline of Tourism As someone who runs a local tourism based business I am very scared for the future of what is currently an growing area and market for tourism, but with a building site of this size in an area of such outstanding beauty the growth we have seen in the last century in Suffolk we will see decline we will see people turn away from Suffolk and lose the income and jobs that we gain from tourism. Traffic and congestion Apart from the destruction of the beautiful countryside the impacts of all the road traffic over the 10 years of the build would also drive away tourism to the area out of fear of the congestion and gridlock. The current plans have a focus on serving he site, the truck and the workers at a cost of the local area and indigenous population. Light Pollution As managers of a campsite not far from Sizewell we have worked hard to develop and promote an accredited Dark Sky status for the caravan park. There are a very limited number of campsites in the UK with Dark sky status and also very few areas in east Anglia that have accredited Dark Sky status and this will be lost due to the light pollution from the 24 hour building site. More information and dark skies can be seen here [Redacted] Wildlife and Habitat We get a lot of guests that stay with us to visit the world renowned RSPB Minsmere and I fear very much for irreparable harm to Minsmere and its amazing wildlife population and diversity, that the development will have on it and the surrounding area. This is irreparable damage at a time when climate change is showing us that the planet is no longer able to adapt. Strain on the geography Apart from the massive impacts of destroying a beautiful land and seascape, the massive increase in workers, traffic and transport of building material will have a terrible impact on a beautiful fragile part of our coastline. The anti-social behaviour that was experienced last time has taken a long time to recover from. In summary Looking at the plans it seems that a lot of negative impacts far our weight the benefits of building a project that will by the time of its completion be extremely outdated and what looks like is the cost predictions a very expensive technology. Thank you for your time