Representation by Vanessa Jones
- Date submitted
- 27 January 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Dear Sirs, I urge you to refuse this application which will have a significant negative and long term impact on this area of outstanding natural beauty and therefore fails to comply with the NPPF. In particular, this application raises the following main concerns - - The Thorpeness cliffs are incredibly fragile, soft sand and not suitable for landing cables. The potential environmental damage and impact for the coastline and village is too great. The coast is already liable to erosion, so it is poor planning to add large infrastructure to a vulnerable site, both for the longevity of the project proposed as well as the local environment. - The habitat around Thorpeness includes 23 SSSIs. Many would be irreparably damaged, particularly Sandlings Heath, but also the Suffolk Coasts and Heath AONB which forms an essential wildlife corridor for migrating species. - The potential site for the Substation at Friston is part of a village already liable to flooding. - Pollution: noise, light, haulage. This is not only poor for locals but DMO suggests would deter tourism on which much of the local economy relies. - Access for emergency services hampered by building works of a massive scale lasting 7 years. The cumulative highways impact in conjunction with the proposals for Sizewell power station would also be detrimental and there is insufficient capacity to accommodate both schemes. - Limited planning benefits - e.g. CIL or s106s. The applicants were very silent on these during the consultation process. Kind regards, Vanessa