Representation by Fordham Cambs Walking Group (Fordham Cambs Walking Group)
- Date submitted
- 9 March 2022
- Submitted by
- Non-statutory organisations
I wish to register as an Interested Party to raise objections regarding walking and cycling routes together with public safety matters regarding battery storage. I am a retired town planner resident in Fordham where I run a walking group of 135 members as well as memberships of other walking and cycling groups. There is an opportunity to improve the sustainable benefits of the proposals by a more thoroughgoing assessment of, and response to, local needs. The current assessment and mitigation are considered to be inadequate in relation to routes for horseriding, cycling and walking. The missed benefits relate to climate change, health and sustainable transport. The four permissive routes currently proposed are very short and do not significantly improve the local network. I have undertaken an assessment of the local highway, footpath and bridleway network in relation to the Sunnica land. I have identified a number opportunities missing from the Sunnica assessment and would like to share my evidence with the Inquiry. There is a lack of definitive safety standards for battery storage installations of the scale proposed giving rise to an unacceptable risk to public safety.