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Consultation for East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarms Expanded

19/09/2018

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) is to add an additional phase of consultation for their East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North offshore windfarm projects.

During the development of SPR’s proposals, the company has been working closely with EDF Energy to explore the possibility of using land on the Sizewell B estate to place the onshore substations required.

This land is proposed to be used as a site to translocate protected wildlife in preparation for the Sizewell C development and EDF Energy has been working in recent years with Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Natural England to establish this land as an agreed ecological mitigation area.

The additional consultation phase (Phase 3.5) will specifically investigate the potential of locating the onshore substations for the project on the Sizewell Estate land (known as Broom Covert, Sizewell), as an alternative to the site north of Friston (known as Grove Wood, Friston). This follows continued dialogue with EDF Energy, with local communities and with Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Coastal District Council. The Broom Covert site is situated within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Phase 3.5 will run from 29th September until 29th October 2018, and follows the completion of Phase 3, which asked for views on the Indicative Onshore Development Area and mitigation relating to a connection to Grove Wood, Friston.

David Walker, Development Director at ScottishPower Renewables, said: "Our initial feedback from local authorities and from EDF Energy advised that the Sizewell Estate was not available for our project to utilise, due to its location within the AONB and future developments already planned to support Sizewell C. However, recent requests from local authorities have indicated that SPR should explore this land further, and we have continued our positive engagement with EDF Energy to see if the land could be made available. We are committed to exploring all options fully, and this additional stage of consultation will focus specifically on the Broom Covert site. We would like as many people as possible to provide their feedback on this additional stage of consultation. Residents will be able to come along to public council meetings we are attending, or view the plans on our website or at libraries and public buildings across Suffolk."

SPR is attending four public meetings in October 2018 to provide updates on the proposed East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North offshore windfarms. Details of these meetings are below:

Location

Venue

Date and Time

Leiston

Sizewell Sports and Social Club

Tuesday 9 October 2018, 7.30pm

Friston

Friston Village Hall

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 7.30pm

Knodishall

Knodishall Village Hall

Friday 12 October 2018, 6.30pm

Thorpeness

Thorpeness Country Club

Monday 15 October 2018, 6.30pm

An updated Statement of Community Consultation (SoCC) has been published for each project to reflect this additional phase. These can be viewed on the following pages:

The consultation documents will also be published on these project websites when the consultation goes live, with hard copies made available to view at the following locations:

Aldeburgh Library

Little Glemham Parish Council

Aldeburgh Town Council

Lowestoft Library

Aldringham cum Thorpe Parish Council

Martins Saxmundam

Darsham Parish Council

Middleton cum Fordley Parish Coucil

Farnham with Stratford St Andrew Parish Coucil

Orford Town Council

Felixtowe Library

Saxmundam Library

Felixtowe Town Council

Saxmundam Town Council

Friston Town Council

SCDC Customer Servicves @ Woodbridge Library

Great Yarmouth Borough Council

Southwold Library

Great Yarmouth Central Library

Southwold Town Council

Kelsale cun Carlton Parish Council

Theberton and Eastbridge Parish Council

Kessingland Library

The Butchers Arms, Knodishall

The Village Store Kessingland

Yoxford Parish Council

Leiston Town Council

 

The two projects, East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North with a capacity of 900MW and 800MW respectively, follow-on from the 714 MW East Anglia ONE project that is currently in construction and the 1,200 MW East Anglia THREE scheme, which received planning consent last year.

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