You would be fair minded to think that the original deadline of just 28 days (the month of March 2023) for allowing for responses to the Aquind Interconnector was not long enough. More so considering the short notice given too as it was announced on the 3rd of March. News today is that due to …
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Dig deep enough (sorry!) in to the Aquind planning application details and you can find some information on the approach to the digging of the trench for the proposed interconnector power cables but it is hard to visualise the scale of the work needed. All the more so when the planned cable trenches would run …
We are looking to raise awareness of the Aquind Interconnector as much as possible in the next few months. We know that the decision process is building momentum, with the recent statement of the Secretary of State being published at the start of March and objections needing to be made by the end of March …
Portsmouth, Hampshire – Wednesday 1 March 2023 Community pressure group Let’s Stop Aquind has revitalised its long-running campaign against the Aquind Interconnector in response to the recent high court judgement in favour of Aquind Limited, which quashed the government’s original decision not to allow the project. As all parties wait for Secretary of State for …
Portsmouth, Hampshire – 25th January 2023 While we are bitterly disappointed that the judgement has been made in favour of Aquind Limited, we will be redoubling our opposition to this project, which now enters a new phase. As a grassroots community group, Let’s Stop Aquind remains committed to campaigning to protect the environment of Portsmouth, …
Stop Aquind campaigners were ecstatic in January when the then Secretary of State turned down Aquind Limited’s application for a Development Consent Order. The project they proposed would have been hugely damaging to our city and beyond, so we were full of trepidation when Aquind launched a judicial review to overturn that decision. Now we …
With all the attention around the courts at the moment, Aquind has been in the news and so has Stop Aquind. Have a read of the latest articles linked below: Aquind hearing: a five-year fight sees latest battle in the Royal Courts of JusticeFacing hundreds of pages of documentation on Aquind’s five-year fight to dig …
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We have heard that Aquind Limited has been given permission to bring a Judicial Review of the Secretary of State for Business and Energy’s decision not to allow Aquind’s proposed Interconnector, consisting of high voltage electrical cables and a communications network between Northern France and the South Downs. Let’s Stop Aquind is disappointed that Aquind …
It was unexpected, a day early and against the odds. Our phones started ringing, apps pinging. We had to pinch ourselves. Are you sure? Yes, the Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng has refused Aquind planning permission for their interconnector. A week of celebration followed. We made the most of it – it’s rare for a community …
20th January 2022: Last night’s decision by the Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng to refuse to grant Aquind the Development Consent Order (DCO) is the one that we have campaigned so hard for. Campaign co-leads, Viola Langley and Paula Savage said: “We are all delighted at this decision and so are communities along the route. We …