Representation by ALAN DAVID LEWHELLIN GRIFFITHS AND JANICE ELIZABETH GRIFFITHS (ALAN DAVID LEWHELLIN GRIFFITHS AND JANICE ELIZABETH GRIFFITHS)
- Date submitted
- 30 October 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
REPRESENTATIONS ON BEHALF OF ALAN DAVID LEWHELLIN GRIFFITHS AND JANICE ELIZABETH GRIFFITHS OF [REDACTED] The owners have engaged fully with RWE in the consultation process since they were first approached in 2020, including a formal consultation response to RWE on 28th November 2022, together with their earlier formal representations of 29th September 2021. However, despite this and clearly stating their various concerns, they do not believe that these have been sufficiently addressed, and thus they are left with no choice but to OBJECT to the scheme as currently designed. Full details of their concerns can be provided in due course and include:- • No response ever having been received to their formal response of November 2022 • No change to submitted plans of cable route and working area to take account of any of their concerns • Severe impact on their dairy farming enterprise due to working strip passing through the middle of the farm, taking a significant area out of production and cutting the farm in two • Lack of availability of alternative forage in the area which could be bought in to compensate for this loss of production • Resultant need to reduce dairy cow numbers • Damage to farm track from use by heavy construction machinery which is unlikely to be addressed for the duration of construction • Impact on diversified farming businesses of the works, given proximity of working area to -holiday let cottage -shepherd’s hut holiday let -camping site • Lack of proper consideration of alternative routes through the farm by RWE to address these issues