Published:
7:30 AM February 24, 2022
Plans to route new power lines through Constable Country do not sufficiently address the potential “significant impacts” on tourism, a local authority has said.
Suffolk County Council has criticised National Grid Electricity Transmission’s (NGET) proposals for a new 18-mile line of 50m-high pylons from Bramford, near Ipswich, to Twinstead, near Sudbury, as part of the consultation process.
The new line would allow an existing line of power lines to be removed.
A report to the council’s cabinet on March 1 though calls for a full assessment to be carried out of the potential impact on tourism.
The report says: “The council anticipates that the proposed development, given its location across the Dedham Vale AONB, could have significant impacts upon visitor perception and ultimately visitor numbers, hence it is not acceptable for this impact to remain unassessed.”
Parts of the countryside around Dedham Vale are included in the route, although the cables will be buried underground in the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural…
