The Details

These are the 4 seperate plans that will harm Little Bromley, Tendring, and the surrounding areas

  1. National Grid pylons and substation

  • 180Km of 50m tall pylons

  • 18 Hectare (33 football piches) substation in Little Bromley

  • Alternatively, an integrated offshore grid in the North Sea has been shown by National Grid to save £2bn and to reduce overall infrastructure by 50%

  • To read the Little Bromley Parish Council response to this, please click here

  • More more information please visit Pylons East Anglia website

Please click to visit the National Grid interactive map


2. Five Estuaries

  • The Five Estuaries offshore windfarm will have cables running from Frinton through Tendring to Little Bromley

  • The cable trenches will be upto 100m wide and run through farmland

  • Expect in excess of 400 HGV trucks per day during the years long construction period

  • To visit an interactive map detailing the destruction they propose please follow this link


3. North Falls

  • The North Falls offshore windfarm is a seperate company to Five Estuaries, but they also plan on having cables running from Frinton through Tendring to Little Bromley

  • They will have their own substation 267x300m in size also located in Little Bromley

  • More information and the little Bromley Parish Council objection letter can be found by clicking here.


4. Tarchon Interconnector

  • An undersea connection between Germany and UK

  • 80% of the electricity generated would be transported to Germany

  • Tarchon would also drive up domestic electricity prices by approximately £5 billion

  • opposed by Sir Bernard Jenkin. Read his response here

  • And opposed by Little Bromley Parish Council, please click here