Fylde Against Cable Transmission and Substations

You have until the 27th of January to register to have your say on this, if you don’t register you will not be involved in the following 6 months of hearings and discussions which lead towards a decision.

And to help you with your registrations:

Here is the Relevant Representation from Angus Walker, funded by the local Parish and Town Councils and two other organisations.

BP and their partners are planning to bring cables from their wind farms on shore at Blackpool ripping a 100m wide cable corridor 30Km long across the WHOLE OF THE FYLDE, destroying more than 600 acres of greenbelt, farmland, and natural habitats, including two massive substations industrialising 90 acres of greenbelt and separation land (that’s almost 50 football pitches).

This will result in noise and dust pollution for up to 6 yrs. 24/7 buzzing from substations near schools, businesses and homes.

It will destroy wildlife habitats, cause flooding, ruin livelihoods, close businesses, and change the way we live.

What does that mean to you, your family and friends?

Select an area to see what’s in store...

Blackpool

Beach closures for months
Tourism massively affected
EMF potentially harming protected species in the dunes
Compounds, heavy machinery, drilling and dust pollution for Squires Gate residents for 4-6 years
Drilling, shafts and disruption on Blackpool Airport with flight disruptions up to 4 years
Drilling, shafts and disruption across the Old Links Golf Course
Construction 6 days a week, 7am – 6pm. With Sunday mornings where required

St.Annes

Compounds, heavy machinery, drilling and dust pollution for Kilnhouse Ward residents for 4-6 years
Massive compounds between Division Lane and Queensway
Blackpool Road Recreation Ground dug up
100m wide cable corridor with 6 cables and 2 haulage roads cutting through Greenbelt Land at Lytham Moss
Prime grade farmland ruined which will take 30 years to recover including permanent concrete structures in the land
Years of delays at Queesway due to the cable corridor
Tourism massively affected
Construction 6 days a week, 7am – 6pm. With Sunday mornings where required

Ballam

2 huge compounds, heavy machinery, drilling and dust pollution for Ballam residents and Farmers for 4-6 years
Thousands of tonnes of concrete set in already waterlogged land
Farmland ruined which will take up to 30 years to recover
Livelihoods ruined
Chaos around Peel Road and Ballam Road for years
Construction 6 days a week, 7am – 6pm. With Sunday mornings where required

Lytham

4-6 years of chaos making getting in and out of Lytham a nightmare
Tourism massively affected
Lytham Festival traffic disrupted for years
Farmland ruined which will take up to 30 years to recover
Business like caravan parks under huge threat with the 100m wide cable corridor running right next to them
Thousands of tonnes of concrete set in already waterlogged land which could result in flooding of Green Drive Golf Course
Construction 6 days a week, 7am – 6pm. With Sunday mornings where required

Wrea Green

Huge increase in heavy goods vehicles running through the village
WGEC under huge threat of closure due to noise, pollution and EMF with the horses
Commuter traffic increasing as the cable corridor forces people to take alternative routes
Farmland ruined which will take up to 30 years to recover

Bryning

Farmland ruined which will take up to 30 years to recover
Caravan parks and local businesses put at risk due to 100m wide cable corridor, pollution and traffic control causing chaos
2 huge compounds servicing the 4-6 year project with heavy machinery and materials
Construction 6 days a week, 7am – 6pm. With Sunday mornings where required

Warton

Commuters to Warton adding hours onto their journeys into BAE Systems causing delays to projects of national security significance
Loss of farmland and increased flooding due to thousands of tonnes of concrete used to support the 100m wide cable corridor
Construction 6 days a week, 7am – 6pm. With Sunday mornings where required

Freckleton

Farmland ruined which will take up to 30 years to recover
Greenbelt land destroyed
3 huge compounds servicing the 4-6 year project with heavy machinery and materials
Huge increase in heavy goods vehicles running through the parish
One of the massive substations temporary and permanent constructions on its boundaries bringing noise, pollution, 24/7 buzzing near schools and homes
At least 30 years before any mitigation of the huge substation takes any effect
Construction 6 days a week, 7am – 6pm. With Sunday mornings where required

Kirkham and Dowbridge

Huge increase in heavy goods vehicles running through the village
Loss of greenbelt and separation land
2 huge compounds servicing the 4-6 year project with heavy machinery and materials
Construction 6 days a week, 7am – 6pm. With Sunday mornings where required

Newton

2 massive substations industrialising 50 football pitches size of greenbelt land
Farmland ruined which will take up to 30 years to recover
2 biological heritage sites buried by the substations
Thousands of tonnes of concrete set in already waterlogged land which could result in flooding
2 huge compounds servicing the 4-6 year project with heavy machinery and materials
Access roads to the 100m wide cable corridor from the village meaning increase in heavy goods vehicles running through Newton
Additional industrialisation from solar farm developments turning a rural area into an industrial zone
At least 30 years before any mitigation of the huge substations takes any effect
Construction 6 days a week, 7am – 6pm. With Sunday mornings where required

Thousands of tonnes of concrete set into already waterlogged land.

Hours of delays going anywhere across the Fylde, for many years.

Greenbelt and farmland destroyed. Land that can take 30 years to recover

What do we stand to lose?

Local photographer Harry Fenton has kindly agreed to us using some of his wonderful pictures
of our beautiful Fylde to remind us what we are fighting for.

View the gallery