“Mr. Iwan Roberts [REDACTED] 3rd May 2024 The Secretary of State Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities National Infrastructure Planning Committee The Planning Inspectorate Temple Quay House 2 The Square Briston BS1 6PN By Post and Email [email protected] [email protected].; [email protected] Dear Sirs MONA OFFSHORE WIND LTD SECTION 56 PLANNING ACT 2008 DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER PLANNING INSPECTORATE REFERENCE NUMBER EN010137 I am a progressive dairy farmer and crop and graze the land within plots 06-101 to 06105 inclusive which are affected by cables for the Mona Offshore windfarm. I have held it on grazing licence for in excess of 15 years although more recently and currently I occupy the land under a farm business tenancy. I wish to object to the installation of these cables on this land for the following reasons: 1) This is some of the most productive land that I farm and is extremely conveniently located to my main holding ideal for cropping and spreading manure – its loss even temporarily will not be limited to the immediate income it generates but will necessitate a review of my business and likely a downsizing of the herd or youngstock followers to the detriment of herd genetics and the wider long term business. 2) The extent of the land taken is vastly beyond what is necessary to build the scheme and the inevitable extreme disruption to the land in terms of topsoil subsoil mixing, compaction and general damage to soil structure on this heavy clay soil which will inevitably render it much less productive than before. 3) A substantial amount of drainage has been installed on the land in the last 5 years which will be rendered obsolete by the disruption proposed by installing these cables 4) The proposals will reduce a highly productive block of land of some 23 acres to 2 separate severed areas of about 4.25 acres each. No provision for access to these areas has been made which will be uneconomic to farm in any event. 5) No provision has been made for any stock and cropping accommodation works which will be required at all times to ensure that livestock and crops will be safely and securely enclosed and watered at all times with adequate access. 6) It would be preferable if the cables could be routed a different way and on less productive land or even better on poles or pylons which would minimize the overall disruption altogether. Please can Mona Offshore consider these alternatives to avoids the impact on me. Yours sincerely Iwan Roberts CC National Infrastructure Commission, 7th Floor, Windsor House, Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0TL [email protected] 2 of 9”