Environment and Sustainability Committee
Inquiry into Energy Policy and Planning in Wales

EPP 205 – Kevin Jones

To the South Wales Assembly Government.

I wish to protest against the possible huge amount of wind farms that could be built in Mid Wales.

I protest against TAN 8 because

• Total and utter disregard for the people of Mid Wales by an assemble goverment which only looks after south wales and possibly a small section of north Wales, Mid Wales does not exist as far as the South Wales Assembly is concerned.
• The stunning landscape will be decimated by the 606 ft turbines
• Are you going to pay for the loss in property value / depreciation we will suffer on our house prices as a result of these developments? Why should we suffer financially so the South Wales Assembly Government can tick a box and be subservient to London. 
• No environmental impact assessment has be done on the implications of TAN8.
• What absolute nutter would want to site a HUB sub station within a few hundred yards of Abermule, who is going to compensate us when we can't sell our houses.

I protest against the pylons because

• Visually dreadful, making our beautiful landscape ugly and unwelcoming.
• Depreciation on house values by up to 70%, are the South Wales Assembly going to pay compensation because you have not got the guts to stand up and do your job and serve the whole of Wales? which is why we voted for you.
• Schools will close, Villages will die because of the proximity of the pylons, put them where the sun don't shine - underground !!!!!!! 
• Health Risks associated with the pylons - childhood leukemia up by 69% within 200 metres of power lines( Draper report 2005)

Transportation

• It will bring congestion to all areas affected by the transport of the infrastructure, bringing the bottle neck called Newtown to standstill.
• Who will pay for damage to the road surface as a result of such heavy loads

Tourism

• Who will compensate the businesses that rely on tourism to make a living currently worth £650m per annum,
• Who will pay redundancy payments to the 6500 employees of the business that shut down because you have allowed Mid Wales to be decimated by this utterly idiotic proposal. 

I am a proud Welshman and voted for the creation of the Welsh Assembly Government when devolution was voted on by the PEOPLE OF WALES to represent all of Wales and not just South Wales - Its about time the assembly actd for all of Wales for the people of Wales and have the guts to do you job instead of saying yes sir to London.

Please ensure you answer all my questions because if you don,t I will make an official complaint to the Government Ombudsmen as I don't want a standard acknowledgement, I want real answers!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yours Sincerely

Kevin Jones