Dear Sealink I live at 6 Church Road Friston IP17 1PU. We have had to sit through the DCO for EA1N EA2 and Sizewell C were no consideration being given to their cumulative impact or that of other emerging energy projects. All these projects including the other emerging ones were and continue to be submitted as independent DCO applications without any consideration to integration to minimise their impact on the countryside. NG proposed and has approval for a massive substation at Friston as part of the DCO for EA1N and EA2 surely NG would have known of the Sealink project at the time and it should have disclosed these proposals and at least considered the potential for amalgamation. An integrated Masterplan should have been produced for the myriad of energy projects both emerging and approved in this precious part of East Anglia. Instead, we are faced with a deliberately deceptive planning strategy, ignoring the local population, which abuses the DCO process seeking to get these projects approved as individual submission without the opportunity of considering their cumulative impact or possible integration. I sincerely hope that the Inspectorate will force the developers of these emerging projects in this part of East Suffolk to submit an integrated Masterplan prior to allowing these to proceed to their DCO examinations unlike what was allowed to happen for EA1N and EA2. As it stands, I would like to record my objection to the Sealink proposals currently being consulted on . Yours faithfully Luigi Beltrandi

Dear Luigi, Thank you for your email. The proposed application above is currently at the Pre-application stage of the Planning Act 2008 process. Further information about the process can be found in the link below to the National Infrastructure Planning website: attachment 1 The Planning Inspectorate is unable to consider representations about the merits of any application until it has been submitted and accepted for Examination. As the application has not yet been formally submitted to the Planning Inspectorate your first point of contact should be the developer and we would encourage you to contact National Grid directly. We note that you have also sent your message to [email protected], which is National Grid’s (the developer’s) point of contact email address. We advise you to submit any queries relating specifically to the proposed Sea Link project to this address. The developer’s period of statutory consultation is currently ongoing (24 October – 18 December 2023) for views to be submitted on the proposed development. It is important that the developer is made aware of your comments at this stage to enable them to consider the points raised before finalising their proposals and submitting the application. Should the application for development consent for Sea Link be accepted by the Planning Inspectorate for Examination you will be able to register as an Interested Party by submitting a relevant representation. This must be submitted on the ‘Registration and Relevant Representation form’ which will be made available on the project webpage of the National Infrastructure Planning website at the appropriate time. Further information about registering as an Interested Party can be found in the Planning Inspectorate’s ‘Advice Note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination’ which can be found here: attachment 2. If you have any questions concerning the planning application process for nationally significant infrastructure projects, please let us know. I hope you found this helpful. Kind regards,