Representation by Public Health England (Public Health England)
- Date submitted
- 9 January 2019
- Submitted by
- Non-statutory organisations
PHE considers that the public health impacts likely to arise from the impact of the development on air, land and water have been adequately considered in the related sections of the submission.
However, in its scoping opinion PHE highlighted that the potential for impacts from electric and magnetic fields (EMF) had not been addressed in the available documentation. PHE could not identify any subsequent consideration of EMF within the ES either. While human health impacts from EMF are not typically of concern for projects of this nature, we have registered an interest simply to assure that this hazard is considered (if only to be scoped out).
PHE did not raise any issues regarding the wider determinants of health during the earlier consultation phases and as such will not at this later phase.