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Historical evidence of the heritage importance of the Stour Valley Landscape

Environmental evidence of the importance of the valley, its wildlife, nature reserves, rural landscape and natural beauty

Risk assessment evidence that shows that underground and undersea cables make a major contribution to national security and vastly reduce the threat from either terrorism or from the environment due to increasingly extreme weather events linked to global warming

Medical evidence of the health risk caused by high voltage AC power lines to both young and old

Economic evidence that shows that the "whole life" costing for the lines indicates that the lines should go underground and undersea

Economic evidence that shows that the valley is an important resource for local tourism which generates £billions annually and brings millions of visitors to the area

Economic and engineering evidence that modern underground cable technology is far more reliable and easier to repair than overhead lines

Economic evidence that bulk electricity distribution should be achieved by undersea cable that integrates the UK grid into the developing Europe wide grid

Engineering evidence that undersea and underground lines are more efficient and cause far less global warming than overground lines

Engineering evidence that undersea and underground lines can safely be overloaded at times of high demand to make the whole network more reliable and secure

Efficiency evidence that underground and undersea lines waste far less energy which means less fossil fuel burning and less nuclear waste

and much more.