Representation by Georgina Harrison
- Date submitted
- 30 September 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I wish to raise the following issues of concern about Sizewell C. Looking at the plans it seems that there are a lot of impacts on the local environment and communities that far our weigh the benefits of building a project that will run for over 10 years and by the time of its completion be extremely outdated and what looks like excessively expensive technology. I run a local tourism based accommodation business but I am very apprehensive of the possible development and its impacts on tourism on the Suffolk coast, what is currently an expanding area and market for tourism, but a building site of this size right next to an area of such outstanding beauty the growth the industry has seen in the last ten years in Suffolk we will see people turn away from Suffolk and lose the income and jobs to other unspoilt parts of the country. Apart from the sad destruction of ancient forests and the beautiful countryside around Minsmere the impacts of all the road traffic over the 10 years of the build would also drive away visitors to the area out of fear of the congestion and gridlock. As a manager of a campsite not far from Sizewell we have worked hard to develop and promote the accredited dark sky status of 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 building site More information and dark skies can be seen here [Redacted] The many guests we get at the campsite stay with us to visit Minsmere and I fear for irreparable loss of natural habitat to Minsmere and its amazing wildlife diversity that the development will undoubtedly destroy and ultimately loose The influx of 6000 workers to the area will also put a desperate strain on the local environment, the local area is just about recovering from Sizewell B being built and the reputation of anti-social behaviour it brought it would be a shame that for that to return and spoil a beautiful and inspiring county. In summary the ridiculous costs and the terrible environmental impacts of the project do not seem to balance with by the time it is finally completed what looks like out dated and inefficient technology and toxic waste that we do not know how to get rid of