Environment agency seeking community opinion on proposed Hinkley Point nuclear power station

Local people in Bridgewater, Burnham-on-sea and parts of South Wales are being asked to have their say regarding a proposed nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.

The Environment Agency has two environmental permit applications from NNBGenCo – part of EDF Energy – and is looking at community opinion before making a decision to grant or refuse the application.

Brian Payne from the Environment Agency said: “To go ahead this proposal needs environmental permits from us, a Development Consent Order from the Infrastructure Planning Commission and a nuclear site licence from the Office for Nuclear Regulation. We will be closely examining the applications to enable us to decide whether to grant or refuse the permits. We would like as many people as possible to respond to these applications. We will consider the views of local people before we make our decision.”

The applications can be viewed at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/hinkleypoint