Consultation talks are set to be undertaken to discuss whether a village on the coast of Suffolk should become a connector for two sources of energy.

Talks between National Grid and residents of Walberswick will be held on Saturday, September 23, to determine whether or not the National Grid's LionLink plan should go ahead.

The LionLink proposal means that cables will run from the beach through the marshes and into the heart of the village, next to The Street.

This is where a five acre site would be constructed, becoming a connector for both Fossil Fuel energy and Windfarm power.

East Anglian Daily Times: The site National Grid are proposing to use in WalberswickThe site National Grid are proposing to use in Walberswick (Image: Google Maps)

This would also include a haulage access road and 60 metre wide cable trenches.

LionLink has been done, so that around 1.8 gigawatts of clean electricity can power approximately 1.8 million homes in Britain, using Dutch offshore windfarms.

Residents of Walberswick are concerned, however, by saying: "This designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty will become an industrial wasteland if the proposals are allowed to carve motorway size trenches through the eco systems."

They also state that if Walberswick is chosen, "the four year building process would decimate the village by turning it into a construction site.

East Anglian Daily Times: Residents are concerned that Walberswick would turn into a building site for four years if plans go aheadResidents are concerned that Walberswick would turn into a building site for four years if plans go ahead (Image: Charlotte Bond)

"We will be ignoring the needs of a younger generation who will grow up in an industrial hub, hating what we are doing to their world.

"We will be dismissing the concerns of small businesses, many dependent on nature tourism, the area's main economy, and we'll witness the destruction to the area's beach, wildlife and ancient ecosystems."

National Grid has already held consultation talks in Southwold, another potential site, and are to have further talks in Leiston.

Residents of Walberswick have put forward a solution, stating that National Grid could "ditch all of the onshore options in East Suffolk and choose Bradwell-On-Sea for the project."

Jan Etherington, a resident, said: "Not any of the areas they are proposing are suitable, they are all Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it is a threat what could happen to our beautiful Suffolk coast."