Representation by Joanna Barfield
- Date submitted
- 30 September 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I am against the building of Sizewell C for a number of reasons. Cost: which will be huge - the money would be better spent on providing solar panels, insulation, ground source heat pumps or similar to replace gas boilers to all current properties and to insist on these for all future buildings. This would create thousands of “green” jobs to help the environment. It would also be better to use the billions that Sizewell C will cost to invest in renewable sources of energy such as more off shore wind farms. Environment: the project will seriously impact the local environment, in particular Minsmere nature reserve and this will not be mitigated by the proposals in the application. The building of the power station itself will have a huge impact on the local environment - concreting over land to build extra roads and accommodation for workers. Roads: I am particularly against the creation of the Sizewell Link Road (B1122 Bypass). It makes no sense to have lorries driving so far north up the A12 beyond the power station itself. We don’t want increased traffic on the A12 and a big roundabout near the beautiful Suffolk village of Yoxford. We especially don’t want concrete and traffic across the ancient fields and unspoiled landscape that will be lost to this link road.This area is extremely beautiful and atmospheric. It will be ruined by this link road and lost forever. This would be a criminal assault on such land which is becoming increasingly rare. Part of the plan proposes extending the Leiston railway. If the build is going to create that disruption anyway, it would make more sense to have a road alongside the railway by extending the B1119 although I object to that as well as I object to the power station in principle. This land between the A1094 and the B1122 is relatively untouched - a rarity these days - and we should be doing all we can to protect and respect it. These plans do not. There are far more environmentally friendly ways to generate power and jobs than building this nuclear power station.