Representation by Rebecca Bloomfield
- Date submitted
- 25 January 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Failure to properly consult with the local communities and businesses affected. SPR and the District Council did not take actively provide the appropriate details needed to provide social, environmental and ecological awareness to the affected parties. Any information that was provided was not easily accessible or publicised. This negligence by the DCO should halt further action until the proposed proceedings have been discussed appropriately and truthful information regarding timescale and magnitude of the project. No compensation has been offered for properties that will inevitably become devalued from the proposed works. If the proposed 17 year rights of access are agreed, this will have an astronomical affect to sale value. In terms of my own property, there will be a loss of a 1/3 of the sale value as quoted by 2 independent valuers. This depreciation will extend along the planned route and into the surrounding villages for the duration of work and beyond its completion. The site location is flawed with the obvious location being the brownfield area of Sizewell adjacent to the cable landing point and National Grid extension. This was disregarded due to tricky negotiations with energy competitors and an AONB categorisation despite the area already being spoiled by car parks, sub stations and inappropriate previous mitigation attempts of the existing power stations. Why is it that the new Galloper sub station does not seem to have any issues in locating to this exact spot? SPR show no concern for the visual impact that the substations will have on the Suffolk landscape, incorporating 18m harmonic filters into their design, which are also unscreened, adding to further noise pollution. Other existing substations are less disruptive, and less visible by design. Sussex has nothing above 8m, and given a ‘low impact design’. Insufficient assessment on the groundwork of transportation. Plans to increase HGV traffic disregards congestion prone areas such as exist on the A1094 at Friday Street rail bridge, Snape-Watering hill, approaching Wadd Lane Snape and the B1069 at Park Farm Cottages and Bulls Hall Cottages. This currently causes problems for the small proportion of heavy goods vehicles accessing these roads. The proposed area will cause irreversible damage to the local wildlife through the removal of habitats, noise levels from the transport infrastructure, and heightened light, sound and air pollution and flood risks.The current infrastructure for village drainage is inadequate. SPR have stated that the development will cause increased flood risks, but fails to show that proposed mitigation measures are sufficient and fail to address surface water flooding, dismissing any environmental impact. The futile destruction heritage countryside and public footpaths will damage the agricultural and tourism industries leading to a loss of local economy, which in turn leads to a decrease in local produce, and a permanent loss of jobs due to onshore development.