*SAVE SUFFOLK’S HERITAGE COAST
& WILDLIFE SITES*
SAY NO TO SIZEWELL C
Together against Sizewell C (TASC) Urgently Needs Your Help.
Please act now to prevent the brutal industrialisation, decimation and devastation that will result from building, operating and decommissioning EDF Sizewell C: two unnecessary nuclear reactors on Suffolk’s fragile Heritage Coast within the precious landscape of Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, permanently burying 15 acres of Sizewell Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest under concrete as well as having potentially catastrophic impacts on the adjoining RSPB Minsmere nature reserve. Much flora and fauna which is part of the web of life in this unique location will be under severe threat and will be lost.
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Please donate at CROWD JUSTICE
UPDATE:TASC submit Judicial Review application to the High Court
TASC are pleased to advise that on 30th August our lawyers, Leigh Day, issued judicial review (JR) proceedings in the High Court in respect of the government’s approval of the Sizewell C Development Consent Order application, despite the Planning Inspectorate’s recommendation for refusal. This was a result of Leigh Day’s and our 3 barristers’ intensive review of the government’s decision documents, the recommendation report by the Planning Inspectorate and assisted by input from TASC and Suffolk Coastal Friends of the Earth. The JR application now includes 7 Grounds to justify the proceedings and more details can be found in Leigh Day’s press release.
TASC are grateful for all the support that we have received to date. This has enabled us to meet the £20,000 interim crowdfunding target to cover our initial legal costs. However, we still require further financial support as we are approaching another period of intense legal activity. By the end of the third week in September TASC will have received the government and the developer’s responses to our court application. Following a review by our legal team we then have two weeks to submit any TASC response deemed necessary, to the court. Consequently, we need to increase our cumulative fundraising target to £30,000 by 7th October.
TASC would be extremely grateful if you could contribute to our target if you are able, and share the link to our Crowd funder with family, friends and contacts.
The announcement of TASC’s legal challenge to the Sizewell C development coincided with the prime minister’s visit to Sizewell in which he attempted to demonstrate government support for Sizewell C. However, all he did was announce a potential £700 million government investment into Sizewell C which was not new money but part of the £1.7 billion announced in the Autumn 2021 spending review. Boris Johnson’s visit was covered in various media outlets including the Independent, the Daily Express and East Anglian Daily Times.
Despite the secrecy surrounding the prime minister’s visit to Sizewell, a crowd of at least 100 protesters, organised at very short notice by Stop Sizewell C, were there to boo and jeer his arrival. Boris Johnson dismissed the protesters as ‘nimby’s’ seemingly unaware of their concerns regarding: EDF’s flawed EPR reactor design; EDF’s financial problems & the woeful state of the French nuclear fleet; ignoring PINS recommendation for refusal regarding there being no mains water supply essential for operation of Sizewell C; the hundreds of millions of fish to die annually for 60yrs; the legacy radioactive waste dumped on future generations; concerns relating to the environmental devastation Sizewell C will inflict on the AONB, SSSI, RSPB Minsmere, other designated sites & species; the impact of thousands of vehicle journeys on rural roads etc.
Thank you again for all the support.
