Representation by Holly Scholfield
- Date submitted
- 30 September 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The Suffolk coast is a beautiful place. I believe this is the wrong project in the wrong place. The impacts on local communities - severance, traffic, significant increases in noise, light pollution and disruption. We have dark skies here, free from light pollution. I am very worried about the damage to the environment, the RSPB is so close by, and yet seems to be ignored. The risks to groundwater levels and surrounding habitats and ecology. l and the impact on marine biology. Catastrophic impact on landscape character because of locality, design and scale; the construction severs the AONB. As a resident of the area I am incredibly concerned with the planned road led strategy which will cause chaos along the A12 not to mention the small local roads along which people and wildlife live. I am concerned that the different energy projects happening locally are not working together with progressive forward thinking ideas, helping to shape a cleaner world for our children and grandchildren and free from nuclear waste. Why are EDF energy not working closely with Scottish Power renewables to assess the accumulative impacts of the different projects? New roads would sever communities, damage the rural footpath system and divide farmland. Rat-running and disruption not adequately considered. I am also wondering who would want to come on holiday to the energy coast during and after the build - the view from Walberswick will be horrendous, as we have seen from the construction work at Hinkley. The tourism sector provides a huge amount of jobs in the area and helps to define the character of Suffolk.