Representation by Miranda Long
- Date submitted
- 26 January 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
We object to the plans to build huge electricity substations near the beautiful village of Friston which we visit many times a year on holiday. 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, pretty villages etc etc. All of this will be disrupted or destroyed by years of construction. We visit the area 8 times a year for holiday. It would be a tragedy if such beautiful rural countryside becomes first a building site and then an enormous substation spoiling the tranquility and farming potential of the countryside. Remember, we are not objecting to the construction of the wind farms, we support green energy but we need to find a better way to connect the power to the National Grid.