Attendance at the Open Floor Hearing: If you are not planning to speak virtually via Teams, SEAS strongly encourages attendance in person at the Suffolk venue; Ufford Park, Deben Suite, Yarmouth Road, Melton Woodbridge IP12 1QW – more info HERE.
The hearing takes place in one day – Tuesday 24 March. Even if you are not speaking your presence matters. Please consider attending to observe proceedings, support those presenting and help ensure strong attendance throughout the sessions.
What to speak about: Here are some GUIDELINES – speak from the heart. There is no need to repeat verbatim your previous submissions, instead concentrate on the 5 change requests outlined in the guidelines and weave in your experiences to date from both Sizewell C and East Anglia two (EA2) ScottishPower Renewables’ offshore wind farm and what issues Sea Link will add to the cumulative impact; the chaos on the roads, road kill, road accidents; lack of accommodation, high rents; environmental impact, severing essential wildlife corridors; the toll it is taking on yours, your friends and families health.
Preparing your contribution: We suggest you draft your talk, and time it to your allocated 3 mins. If you are a business or represent a group you get longer, 6 minutes. The ExA has issued the days schedule which can be found HERE
In short the Five Changes are:
1: Hoverport, Kent – oppose this change on ecology grounds – lack of proper surveys and a robust, evidence-based approach.
2: Friston (Kiln Lane) substation – oppose Sea Link’s change request to unnecessary enlarge their footprint of the National Grid substation potentially allowing connection of more energy projects
3: Heritage feature – further surveys have revealed the archaeological find is ofregional importance rather that national – more surveys are to be completed.
4: Benhall railway bridge – object to the Benhall Railway Bridge access and ask for the Northern Route to be surveyed instead.
5: Maintenance of a new hedge to south of B1119 – More Tree planting here might hide the Converter Stations better.