Representation by Howard Nash
- Date submitted
- 30 September 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I oppose the Sizewell C development and urge the Inspector to REFUSE permission. There are numerous individual grounds for doing so, each of them sufficient in itself to justify withholding consent, and which collectively make up an overwhelming case against the development. Further enlargement of this site is fundamentally unacceptable, and unmitigated by any commitment by the industry to ensure the recovery of the natural environment on the site vacated by the decommissioning of Sizewell A. The preservation of the natural beauty, tranquillity and biodiversity of the Suffolk coast is of vital importance not only to residents of East Suffolk but to the many visitors from further afield who come in search of respite from urban life. Its enormous popularity with day visitors and holiday makers from London, Essex, Cambridge and the Midlands speaks for itself. It is their escape, their green lung, their recreation and their chance to reconnect with an undisturbed natural and marine environment and its wildlife. The issues of concern raised by this development include: Among the many issues of concern raised by this development are the following: • Loss of habitat and reduced biodiversity • Visual intrusion on a vast scale • Light pollution of night skies over wide areas of land and sea • Impact on the AONB and other nationally and internationally designated sites • Impact of high volume of construction traffic in a rural area • Combined /cumulative effect of this project and other energy-related projects on the special character of East Suffolk generally • Potential loss of tourism and impact on the local economy • Increased public health risks and pressure on health services • Potential impact of hard flood defences on locations elsewhere on coastline from unpredictable changes in natural maritime processes • Safety concerns from flood risk potential • Reduction in water table (already falling due to climate change and agricultural abstraction practices • Increased demand in the local housing market leading to further development pressures across the district Author: Howard Nash September 2020