Our dream is 存在 鎮圧するd by a juggernaut: This family's 田舎の idyll is under 脅し from a new road that could make it almost unsellable

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After two １０年間s of 急速な／放蕩な-paced city life in London, Dublin and New York, my wife Michaela and I decided it was time to put 負かす／撃墜する roots and 緩和する up a bit.

On our first 見解（をとる）ing, we knew モミ Tree Farm in Suffolk was ideal for raising our daughters, Olivia, 14, Amelie, 13, and Ruby, 11, and so it was that five years ago we moved to the country.

Nestled in several acres with two ponds and woodland, the 17th-century farmhouse gave us the tranquillity we had longed for.?

Dashed hopes: Paul and Michaela with their daughters, Olivia, 14, Amelie, 13, and Ruby, 11, at their beautiful 田舎の 退却／保養地 in Suffolk

The Fields paid £685,000 for the house. It was valued at £900,000 before EDF made its 計画（する）s public.?A sale is unrealistic, 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s told the family, unless they 削除する the price

It is so secluded that our only 隣人s are acres of arable 農地, hares we can watch ボクシング and skies so dark that on （疑いを）晴らす nights you can see 衛星s hurtling through space like 狙撃 星／主役にするs.

We spent last year getting 許可 to 延長する the four-bedroom farmhouse and 取って代わる a dilapidated barn so we could 供給する accommodation for our parents, whose dependency on us has become more 圧力（をかける）ing.

にもかかわらず the family challenges many couples of our 世代 直面する, we knew we were very lucky. モミ Tree Farm and the lifestyle it gave us was like wearing a warm, cosy jumper on a crisp, frosty morning.

But then, last October, EDF Energy wrote to tell us it was 開始する，打ち上げるing a final 協議 on 計画（する）s to build two 核の 原子炉s at Sizewell, about eight miles from our home ― and our 所有物／資産／財産 had been identified as かもしれない 存在 影響する／感情d.

EDF wants to build a road from the A12 に向かって Sizewell. The road would go up against the 境界 between the Fields' 所有物／資産／財産 and 隣人ing 農地

I called EDF and was told curtly that letters were 存在 sent to hundreds of people.

No, they couldn't say how the Sizewell C 計画（する）s would 影響する／感情 us. Yes, we'll be 協議するd in 予定 course. No, there's no date for when that will be.

After making some 調査s, someone with knowledge of the 計画（する）s told me EDF wants to build a road from the A12 に向かって Sizewell. No other 所有物／資産／財産 would be 衝撃d as much as ours because the road would go up against the 境界 between us and 隣人ing 農地.

Paul (pictured) said: 'モミ Tree Farm and the lifestyle it gave us was like wearing a warm, cosy jumper on a crisp, frosty morning'

Michaela and I felt sick, but we decided not to tell our children until we had a clearer picture.

After making half a dozen calls to EDF for （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状）, I was 招待するd to a 会合 by Tom McGarry, 長，率いる of stakeholder 約束／交戦 for Sizewell C. 'We don't want your 所有物／資産／財産,' he said. 'We'll go 一連の会議、交渉／完成する it.'

The first of my interactions with EDF 始める，決める the トン for その後の ones: paucity of 詳細（に述べる） and 残酷に 冷淡な communications. Worse was to come when EDF 公然と 解放（する）d its 提案s in January.

In a field 国境ing モミ Tree Farm, 刈るs grow on rotation.

The only 汚染 is at 収穫 time, when our windowsills get a light covering of dust and we have to remember not to leave washing on the line when the 連合させる harvester is out.

The 提案s 明らかにする／漏らすd that in this field, EDF would 位置を示す a construction 構内／化合物 for 300 労働者s and 175 トラックで運ぶs a day for two years while it builds its new road.

That would start with a roundabout in the field and run for five miles に向かって Sizewell, where building two 核の 原子炉s would take ten years.

EDF 収容する／認めるs our home would 苦しむ '重要な 逆の 影響s' from noise. At the 頂点（に達する） of construction, 1,500 HGVs and 6,000 other 乗り物s would 雷鳴 past each day.

The 提案s also make （疑いを）晴らす that the 提案するd roundabout would be lit by 33ft-high lighting columns ― so no more stargazing for us. Oh, and did I について言及する the 空気／公表する 汚染 予測（する）s?

Construction would start in 2021, encompassing the period when two of our daughters would be doing A-levels and GCSEs.?

The 所有物／資産／財産 (pictured) is so secluded that the family's only 隣人s are acres of arable 農地, and on （疑いを）晴らす nights you can see 衛星s hurtling through space like 狙撃 星／主役にするs

Last year, the family (pictured) got 許可 to 延長する the four-bedroom farmhouse and 取って代わる a dilapidated barn so they could 供給する accommodation for their parents

The only 汚染 is at 収穫 time, when the family's windowsills get a light covering of dust and they have to remember not to leave washing on the line when the 連合させる harvester is out

The level of disruption would make 熟考する／考慮するing and working impossible. Both Michaela, a landscape artist, and I, 以前は of the Mail and now a 科学（工学）技術 投資家 and 助言者, work from home.

The 計画（する）s we had made for our parents were 難破させるd as soon as EDF 公表する／暴露するd the road. Yet we still have a 圧力（をかける）ing need for more room.?

The last thing Michaela and I want for our daughters is the 激変 of moving from a home we love, but we 受託するd there is no 代案／選択肢.

Reluctantly, we wrote to EDF to ask them to buy us out. Given the £14 billion cost of Sizewell C, surely EDF could afford to be 同情的な to our 状況／情勢?

How foolish we were to think EDF would be fair to us. We felt we were 存在 極端に reasonable, given the 抱擁する sacrifice we were willing to make by moving.

When we got a 返答, five weeks later, EDF きっぱりと 辞退するd to acquire the 所有物／資産／財産.

Should we try to sell? We paid £685,000 for the house. It was valued at £900,000 before EDF made its 計画（する）s public. A sale is unrealistic, 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s told us, unless we 削除する the price.

EDF Energy 開始する，打ち上げるd a final 協議 on 計画（する）s to build two 核の 原子炉s at Sizewell, about eight miles from the Fields' home

We assumed there would be a 合法的な 治療（薬）. 式のs, no. The first 適切な時期 to 正式に make a 補償（金） （人命などを）奪う，主張する for blight is when a 提案するd road has been 認可するd, which, in the 事例／患者 of Sizewell C, is 2021 at the earliest. Until the road gets 認可するd ― and even then there could be a long and 高くつく／犠牲の大きい 合法的な 過程 to 証明する blight ― we are stuck with a house 価値（がある） いっそう少なく than we paid for it, and which fails to 会合，会う our needs.

The feeling of having our 手渡すs tied behind our 支援する is bad enough, but this helplessness is 構内／化合物d by EDF rubbing our nose in it.

At a public 展示, I told Jim Crawford, the 事業／計画（する） developmet director, of my 失望／欲求不満 that EDF had not engaged with me about our 状況／情勢.

His PR man started laughing, as he waved his 武器 in the direction of the 陳列する，発揮する boards in the room, 説: 'What do you think this is? We are engaging with you!'

He smirked when I asked: 'Why are you laughing? There's nothing funny about the 苦悩 EDF is 原因（となる）ing my family.'

This is not a story of Nimbyism, nor is it an emotive way to make a 事例／患者 against 核の 燃料. No, after months of trying to 控訴，上告 to EDF to 扱う／治療する us 公正に／かなり, this is about how big 商売／仕事 can run roughshod over ordinary people like a 脅迫者 鎮圧するing 農地 to make way for a new road.

We've been struck by how a 選び出す／独身 event can make you feel as though the 塀で囲むs are 落ちるing in around you, and you're 権力のない to do anything to stop it.

Mr Crawford says: 'We are asking the 地元の community what they think of 計画（する）s for Sizewell C. We have met with Mr Field and other people who could 潜在的に be 影響する／感情d by Sizewell C 提案s, with the most 最近の 会合 held last week. We will take on board the feedback we receive and 供給する appropriate mitigation.'

Read Paul's blog at https://sizewellc.org/