Representation by J Binney
- Date submitted
- 27 January 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I support the representations being made by SASES and Friston Parish Council. We object to the plans to build huge electricity substations near the beautiful, rural village of Friston. Along with many thousands of tourists we are regular visitors to Friston area valuing the easy access from London to one of Suffolk's finest beauty spots. We love Friston's open countryside, breathtaking skies and the nearby, glorious Thorpeness coastline. A perfect holiday spot. The substations are too big and too close to a small rural village, the development will swamp and kill the village. Scottish Power has not paid attention to the objections raised during previous consultations. Scottish Power plan to dig two trenches stretching for 9km from a fragile coastline, destroying acres of ancient woodland, ANOB land and prime agricultural land. Individual power companies are carving up large areas of the countryside and no one is assessing the cumulative impact of all these projects. The East Suffolk Coast is famous for its tourist attractions, beautiful walks, Snape Maltings Concert Hall and pretty villages which need to be preserved for future generations. All of this will be disrupted or destroyed by years of construction.