By Cllr Greg Peck

Apart from finalising the budget, one of the other issues that is a priority for me is to mitigate the impact of the wind farm cable routes through my division.

The final decision on the Vattenfal and Ørsted projects has been deferred by the Secretary of State, Andrea Leadsom, while she seeks answers to a range of questions she has raised, not least the traffic movements through and around Cawston.

We have now been hit with another application from Equinox for the Dudgeon and Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm extension, which will further add to the pressures on our communities from these ill-thought-out schemes.

Jerome Mayhew, our new MP, has taken up the issue as a priority and has already arranged a meeting with the Secretary of State to further raise our concerns and also push for an offshore ring main, which is being promoted by all the effected parish councils.

Let us hope that common sense prevails and sufficient measures will be insisted on and taken to avoid the unacceptable impact and the disruption that would be caused to the local area.

Cllr Greg Peck, Norfolk County Council, Reepham Division
Tel: 07972 230282
Email: greg.peck.cllr@norfolk.gov.uk