Aldeburgh Town Council has submitted an excellent response to the Stage 4 consultation. This can be found here. (8Mb)
We continue to respond and encourage you to respond to the various consultations in respect of the major infrastructure projects, Sizewell C and the SPR East Anglia windfarms and the new interconnectors. We remain deeply concerned at their possible negative impact on Aldeburgh and its coast and in particular worry that, if all are allowed to go ahead, the traffic consequences for Aldeburgh will be seriously detrimental. You may be interested to see the views of the ANGLIAN ENERGY PLANNING ALLIANCE and Suffolk Energy Action Solutions (SEAS) umbrella groups which are concerned that we cannot cope with so may uncoordinated projects at the same time. We feel that government should take a proactive role in ensuring that energy projects such as these are carried out in a planned and coordinated way.
The Our draft response to the Sizewell C Consultation can be found HERE.
The Aldeburgh Society has written to Barclays and Therese Coffey, MP to object to the closure of the branch in Aldeburgh High Street noting that this move will adversely affect the vulnerable and in particular the elderly, many of whom cannot get to Leiston and many of whom are not on the internet.
We also pointed out that the cash dispenser in Barclays is the only one in the centre of the Town which is open 24 hours, that the one inside the Post Office can only be used when the Post Office is open and that a busy holiday town like Aldeburgh surely needs a 24 hours cash facility in its High Street where for example all the shops are open on a Sunday. Barclays are not prepared to reconsider the decision to close but are amenable to discussing the placing of the ATM in another Aldeburgh High Street retail outlet. We have relayed this to the Town Council and the Aldeburgh Business Association. We wrote a second time to send Barclays the petition signed by so many Aldeburgh residents and collected by Baggotts. Our letter is here Barclays have reiterated that they will not reconsider and have explained that they are running “Tea and Tech” sessions at the Branch and at the Fairfield Centre. Barclays’ letter is here: They have sent us details of the sessions which are as follows: 21st Feb 2019 at the Fairfield centre 5th March 2019 at the Aldeburgh Branch 21ST March 2019 at the Fairfield centre 11th April at the Fairfield Centre All events start from 10:00am.
The Society is very disappointed with the Scottish Power Renewables response to the latest round of consultations. They still favour the Friston site and have not addressed the Society's real concerns over traffic through Aldeburgh. See the conclusions and the Society's response to them by clicking on the buttons below.
We had an excellent presentation from Nick Hulme the Chief Executive of East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust on the future of the NHS and the merger of Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals. You can see his slide presentation by clicking on the button below.
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