Representation by Michael Pritt
- Date submitted
- 30 September 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I wish to raise the following issues of concern about Sizewell C. I believe fundamentally this is the wrong project in the wrong place. It will adversely affect: 1.Adjacent internationally designated sites of ecological importance and sites of amenity, cultural heritage and landscape value 2. It will adversely affect the main industry of the area -Tourism. Tourism could decline by as much as 29%, with subsequent loss of employment 3. It will have unacceptable impacts on local communities - severance, traffic, significant increases in noise, light pollution and disruption 4. The road building programme will destroy farms, sever communities ,damage the rural footpath network. 5. The site of SZC would be at risk from climate change, sea level rise and flooding. 6. Potential impact on coastal processes 7. There are 8 other uncoordinated energy projects also planned for the region which in themselves, are a fraction of the cost and will produce cheaper energy sooner and with less disruption to the communities and landscape 8.6000 workers will come and live in the area including 2,400 in a worker campus in a location totally unsuitable and which I strongly oppose 9. There will be pressure on health, social and emergency services, impacts on vulnerable people 10. Irreparable harm to Minsmere - a flag ship destination of international importance and significance. It is impossible to compensate for landscape and ecological damage 11. This project will not offset CO2 from construction for a least 6 years 12. The project is prohibitively expensive 13. Ecological and flood risk impacts on coastal processes from hard coastal defence feature HCDF. no complete design of HCDF available 14. Impacts on marine ecology. I wish to endorse the relevant representation submitted by Stop Sizewell C and I also wish to state that I consider the Sizewell C application to be totally unsuitable for a digital examination process