Representation by Lisa Anne Green
- Date submitted
- 4 October 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
This is too big a project in such a small community. It does not benefit the area as it will not bring jobs or new transport links which the area badly needs. It is too close to a secondary school and offers them nothing no apprenticeships and little involvement. It is expected to add 300 -400 lorries a day travelling along single carriageway to the plant which is already frequently gridlocked and is a holiday route bringing tourists to the surrounding area and the Norfolk coast. If the area becomes more gridlocked then traffic will divert through villages whose roads are not equipped to cope or people will simply chose other destinations and so the costal and rural economies will suffer. In addition the area contains prime agricultural land what effects will emissions have on crop quality or perceived crop quality and therefore price. It is my opinion that Wisbech was chosen for this project not because it is the most suitable and it will bring benefits to the area but because it was considered by the developer to be an easy target because it has a large migrant population and many social problems and therefore it was hoped that opposition would be low due to lack of interest. In fact I believe that very little of the consultation information was provided in anything other than English thereby excluding a substantial amount of the local population from the consultation process. I believe some members of the various migrant communities had to translate it for themselves