The Government announced
in November 2009 that it thought Sizewell would be a suitable
site for its nuclear expansion programme.
Suffolk Coastal has made it clear that it feels that there
should be a genuine local say in whether another nuclear power
station is built at Sizewell and that there should be a clear
commitment to ensuring that if any such development is given the
go-ahead that there will be a positive lasting legacy.
In February 2010 Suffolk Coastal gave its formal responses to
the Government's consultation on its draft
National Policy Statements for Energy
Infrastructure (new window):
You can also read the Council’s press release after its Cabinet
decision to agree the above responses
'Local views must have a voice on Sizewell'.
The Government is now considering the consultation responses and
will publish a formal response document later in 2010, together
with the final National Policy
Statements.