Representation by Little Horkesley Parish Council (Little Horkesley Parish Council)
- Date submitted
- 18 June 2024
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The parish of Little Horkesley is located close to the Dedham Vale and partly within the AONB. National Grid and ESO have confirmed that the planned East Anglian Connection Node is required only because of two Windfarms, Five Estuaries and North Falls and one interconnector (Tarchon). Cables into the EACN will cross the Dedham Vale AONB which will be hugely damaging. The undergrounding of cables will destroy current farmland and the construction of the haul roads will cause chaos to the local roads and countryside. Where the proposed pylons will emerge above ground will then destroy neighbouring villages of Fordham and Aldham. It is imperative that the current proposal does not go ahead in the manner proposed. The alternative proposal of connecting offshore to Sealink will prevent long lasting damage to a large section of protected National Landscape.