Awareness – Let's Stop Aquind

New Video: ‘Pandora’s Box – The Aquind Interconnector and Contaminated Land’

by Paul SIMVideo April 21, 2023April 22, 20230 comments

This new video is a deep dive in to the issues surrounding the proposed Aquind Interconnector project and the legacy of contaminated land in Portsmouth. The proposed route for deep trench digging will be past or through some locations that are well documented to contain heavy metals, asbestos and more contaminants. A full list of sources …

Protect Portsmouth Rally

by Paul SIMEvents, General News April 17, 20230 comments

Please join Let’s Stop Aquind on Saturday 22nd April 2023 at 12pm till 1 pm at Guildhall Square. Our last opportunity to raise awareness about the Aquind Interconnector project before the deadline for objections the following week. You can see the speaker list (including the local MPs) below and keep up to date with the …

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Deadline for Objections Extended to 28th of April by Secretary of State

by Paul SIMGeneral News March 31, 2023March 31, 20231 comment

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 …

What would cable digging look like?

by Paul SIMGeneral News March 31, 2023March 31, 20230 comments

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 Need Help to Raise Awareness of Stop Aquind!

by Paul SIMGeneral News March 13, 2023March 13, 20230 comments

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 …

Stop Aquind & Led By Donkeys (Photo by LBD)

Press Release: Let’s Stop Aquind Releases Open Letter to Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt and Grant Shapps: “IT’S TIME TO STOP AQUIND”

by Paul SIMGeneral News March 2, 20230 comments

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 …

Stop Aquind at The Royal Court of Justice in London

Press Release: Let’s Stop Aquind Responds To The Judicial Review Judgement Announcement – This Project Must Be Stopped Once And For All

by Paul SIMGeneral News, Protest January 29, 2023January 29, 20230 comments

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, …

Aquind Ltd v Secretary of State for BEIS; reflections from campaigners who were at the High Court hearing 22-23 November 2022

by Paul SIMGeneral News, Protest December 2, 2022December 13, 20220 comments

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 …

Let's Stop Aquind Co-founder Viola Langley with Gerald Vernon-Jackson

Let’s Stop Aquind Demands Justice for Portsmouth at the High Court. Aquind Must be Stopped – There is Too Much at Stake

by Group AdministratorGeneral News, Stop AQUIND Group Library November 22, 2022November 22, 20220 comments

Download this press statement as a PDF On 20 January 2022, the then Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Kwasi Kwarteng, refused to grant Aquind Limited the Development Consent Order (DCO) it sought for the Aquind Interconnector – a decision that was widely celebrated in Portsmouth. The residents …

Aquind Demonstration by Drone by Joe Watson

Aquind Limited Given Permission to Bring Judicial Review of Secretary of State for Business and Energy’s Decision

by Paul SIMGeneral News, Stop AQUIND Group Library June 21, 2022June 21, 20220 comments

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 …