HebrideanHecateA young girl has pleaded with the power giant EDF to stop its “cruel” plans to flood 300 acres of her family’s farmland with a saltmarsh.
EDF Energy wants to create 800 acres of salt marsh – on land currently used for agriculture, homes and businesses – to mitigate the environmental impact of the nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C.
The new power plant is currently being built and is expected to ingest 44 tons of fish a year.
To compensate for the fish deaths, EDF wants to create a salt marsh at one of four sites along the Severn in Somerset – between Kingston Seymour, Littleton, Arlingham and Rodley.
Maddy Sharp, Lily’s mother, said: “If this ludicrous greenwashed plan gets approved, we are set to lose 300 acres of our farmland, permanent grazing, arable fields, ancient orchards, miles and miles of hedgerows, thousands of trees, tons of freshwater ditches, bridleways, footpaths, all which provide homes to many special species.”
The mother-of-three said the impact on their business would be “huge” and that the land had been in their family for generations.
She continued: “But more importantly it’s our home, our sanctity and everything that makes our area special. It’s our children’s future.”
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