Representation by Carole M Wilson
- Date submitted
- 30 September 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I strongly object to the plans for two more nuclear power plants at Sizewell. Our coastline is fragile, our landscape is gentle, nature has provided such a rich variety of coastal habitats for a wide diversity of species. Put simply, it's beautiful and precious. The plans that EDF have to cut down so many trees, destroy the habitat of so many species and alter the landscape from its current form to one where roads and concrete culverts, in addition to all the more obvious construction, will predominate; the foundations alone will see so much soil dug out and deposited, where? on a hillside that will be denuded of trees for this purpose. The removal of much of the land and walks that local people currently enjoy without ensuring that these same people are fully aware of what the plans involve horrifies me. Its savagery of a cataclysmic order. As a nation we do not need nuclear power, it's hugely expensive in terms of land use, construction time and taxpayers money etc and will leave a terrible legacy for generations into the future. The documentation has overwhelmed me by its sheer volume. I cannot comment on the technical arguments but all the same I just want you to know I feel so appalled by the proposal in its entirety. I'm sure that if all the good people who enjoy Sizewell Beach, Coronation Wood or Sizewell Belts truly knew what was being proposed, there would be many more people expressing their concerns - and their surprise that in these days when environmental issues have risen so far up the agenda, EDF have been given the go-ahead for wanton destruction of environmentally valuable coastline on an enormous scale. Please don't let this come to pass.