FoBS

We've developed initial plans for an offshore wind farm located around 13km from the Sussex coast at its nearest point. A 12-week community consultation period starts on Monday 13 February 2012 and ends on Sunday 6 May 2012

I am writing to inform you about the community consultation that we are holding for our Rampion Offshore Wind Farm draft proposals.  The consultation starts this Monday 13th February and continues until Sunday 6th May, which means that the local community have a full 12 weeks to respond.

 
I attach a copy of our latest Newsletter which provides an overview of the consultation and includes an events listing of the public exhibitions which we are holding in 12 locations across Sussex.   Some are being held in coastal towns and others in the vicinity of the proposed underground onshore cable route.
 
Further details are available on our Rampion webpages at www.eon-uk.com/rampion.  From Monday morning, you will be able to find the Community Consultation Document which provides all the details about our proposals, including photomontages, maps and plans, the potential impacts and benefits of the project.  There is also a consultation questionnaire for providing feedback to the consultation, or of course you can write to us or email us with your comments.  Our Statement of Community Consultation has been published this week in four local newspapers and is also on the website, providing details of 37 public venues across Sussex where hard copies of the consultation documents can be found.
 
As key individuals and organisations representing a wider community interest group, we hope you'll be able to help us raise awareness of our draft proposals and the community consultation to the wider community.  We have promoted and advertised the consultation widely, but we want to do all we can to raise awareness and attract people to the public exhibitions. The intention is to show our plans, answer questions about the project and receive comments to help shape our proposals before submitting our development consent application later in the year.
 
I hope you have time to visit one of the public exhibitions and I look forward to seeing you there.
 
Many thanks,

Chris Tomlinson
Development Manager
Rampion
EON Climate & Renewables