Meeting with our MP - Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

The Parish Council would like to thank everyone who turned out for the meeting we organised with our MP, Jenny Riddell-Carpenter on 27th June; we had just under 70 attendees filling the Village Hall.  In addition to our MP, David Beavan, ESC District Councillor also attended.   The meeting focused on Lionlink, Sizewell C and potentially other energy projects that are putting our village and Suffolk Coastal under threat from over-development, environmental damage, and massive transport disruption for years to come.  The feedback on the session has been universally positive with appreciation for the MP's objection to Lionlink and her genuine concern about the unsupportable number of energy projects being proposed for Suffolk Coastal.  Both the MP and District Councillor confirmed the importance of Walberswick residents and visitors engaging in the process and making our objections known throughout the upcoming consultation process.  The MP also explained that she had offered amendments to the Infrastructure Bill to mandate greater consideration of the cumulative impact of energy projects on the local community and environment.  Unfortunately, these amendments were rejected but this would be a critical issue to be raised during project consideration.   WPC will continue its involvement as a statutory consultee in Lionlink, as an "Interested Party" in Sealink consultations, and as a member of the Sizewell C B1125 Working Group and Northern Transport Forum where we, together with other Parish Councils, try to limit the daunting transport, social and environmental impacts that the SZC construction will have on our area for the next decade and more.

Walberswick Parish Council