STOP EDF'S SALT MARSHES IN THE SEVERN VALE
Power giant EDF wants to create a salt marsh under a change to its planning consent for Hinckley Point C nuclear power station. Littleton-on-Severn is one of four sites where EDF wants to tear up landscape, destroy fields, rip out miles of nature-rich hedgerows, destroy hundreds of trees and put homes at risk of flooding.
This is what EDF wants to replace productive agricultural fields, vibrant hedgerows, mature trees and abundant wildlife with for NO sensible reason.
We are...
Villagers, farmers and businesses who care about our treasured landscape.
We have set up an action group to challenge EDF'S proposal to destroy our environment and create an ill-advised saltmarsh in our community.
Ripping out our landscape means:
340 hectares is at risk of compulsary purchase and if EDF takes it for salt marsh it will mean:
Fields gone
Miles of hedgerow gone
Hundreds of trees gone
Vibrant habitats gone
Miles of footpath gone
Livelihoods gone
If EDF is successful in changing its planning conditions it will send in hundreds of trucks along narrow lanes to bulldoze fields, destroy livelihoods, release carbon and change the landscape for ever.
SALT MARSH?
NO THANKS
Salt marshes are coastal wetlands which are flooded and drained by tides. They are marshy because the soil may be composed of deep mud and peat.
Consultation
EDF say they will take their proposals to public consultation on January 9 running for the minimum six week requirement. Please check back here for a link so you can comment and post your objection. EDF's consultation feedback will be part of its submission to the Planning Inspectorate for a public inquiry and its submission to Ed Milliband, Secretary of State who will take the final decision next year.
Contact us
E-mail: LittletonSaltmarshGroup@groups.io
Littleton Village Hall, Littleton on Severn, South Gloucestershire BS35
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