Peter W Robbins

82 Mold Road,

Connahs Quay,

Deeside,

Flintshire,

North WALES,

CH54 QP

Dear sir or madam.

As a non resident of Anglesey or the immediate area i cannot claim to have a personnal interest in your proposed development, however, i have on many occasions visited and vacationed on the coastline you intend to defile so i feel the need to speak out.

Firstly, i fully understand the need to advance green energy, in fact my brother is a Deputy CEO of one of the largest green energy companies in the world, ( he has however obviously not been involved or consulted in any way regarding my thoughts as his thoughts would be somewhat conflicted) my concerns are that such energy farms do not need to be placed in areas of outstanding natural beauty.

May i ask if public information meetings where members of the public can express fears and put questions to the developers/planners? if so, are the minutes of these meetings available for review by concerned parties?

Have the developers been specific in thier designs? ie Turbine sizes, cable routes, Periodic Environment impact assessments and targets to be achieved regarding marine life etc. Failure to be specific will of course make it easier for you to change things without acquiring further planning permissions or holding public meetings regarding the changes therefore precise plans/designs and ongoing assessments must be written in stone so to speak.

Has The Habitats Directive and the Conservation of Species 2010 been considered? The developers must consider the impacts on protected habitats, ie bird, fish, dolphin feeding and breeding grounds? these assessments alone can take several years as impacts on these habitats is not always immediate. The mammal surveys alone should be be carried out monthly for at least two years and would cover issues such as disturbance and displacement as well as physical and auditory injury.

If these assessments have been made, who made them and are the findings available for concerned parties to review and comment. These assessments should of course be made by a reputable body who have no connection with the developers.

Has a BENTHIC Enviromental survey been carried out to assess potential impacts on seabed living creatures, molluscs, seaslugs, coral etc. The seabed may be disturbed by the laying of cables, this also leads to the question of whether a Geological and Hydrographical survey would need to be carried out, again, these surveys need to be carried out independently of the developer and be available for public discussion.

Have onshore Environmental surveys been carried out? the potential construction of sub-stations and cable routes will have an impact on local forna and should be taken into consideration.

Human impact studies would highlight the effect the development will have on local people, they could take the form of visual assessments regarding the detrimental effect aesthetically, this would also affect people visiting the area, the relative lack of major employers on the island requires locals to open BB's, camp sites, tourist shops and cafe's, the reduction in vacationers to the area will have a massive effect on the local economy. In years gone by farming was the primary source of revenue and natives to the island generally stayed put through generations and farmed on a small scale, nowadays farming alone would not be enough for families to survive leading to migration to the mainland for work, it is obvious to anyone what effect this will have on the community. I cannot see how any of the jobs created by the development will be given to local people, these positions are generally very technical and the skill sets will not be readily available in the local market, those taking the jobs and salary will be more likely to export the money back to the mainland meaning that none of the revenue will reach the local populous.

In short the local community will lose in every way, loss of aesthetic beauty, loss of visiting tourists, reduction in revenue, BB's, shops, cafe's closing down, loss of marine life and habitat.

As i brought to your attention at the beginning of this letter, i am not a local so i have no personnal axe to grind and agree that green energy is the way forward but why so close to the shore? surely a compromise can be reached to place the turbines further offshore which will have a much reduced impact on the local environment, marine life, fish life, bird life and local people.

I look forward to hearing from you forthwith.

Regards

Peter Robbins