A 10-year-old girl has written to power giant EDF 'pleading they stop' plans to flood 300 acres of her family's land - and says it left her scared to go to school.

EDF Energy wants to create 800 acres of saltmarsh - on land currently used for agriculture, homes and businesses - to mitigate the environmental impact of Hinkley Point C.

The new power plant is currently being built and will ingest 44 tonnes of fish a year.

EDF wants to compensate the death of the fish by creating the saltmarsh habitat at one of four sites along the River Severn in Somerset - these are between Kingston Seymour, Littleton, Arlingham, and Rodley.

Young Lily Hewlett, who lives in Rodley, was 'so devastated' when she found out the news she wrote a personal letter to EDF and refused to go to school the next day - as she was so scared 'the monsters' were going to flood their home. 

Lily said: "I really want to do something that can help."

Her family, who are positioned along the river Severn 70 miles away from the nuclear power plant, are desperate to prevent EDF from going through with their plans - which would result in them loosing hundreds of acres of farmland.

The family are beef and arable farmers and their ancestors have farmed the land for over 100 years.

Lily decided she would write a letter to EDF to beg the company to stop their 'cruel' plans - as she tells them 'just because you have lots of money does not mean you can do what you like'. 

She wrote: "Dear EDF, I do not think that you can take over people's land's and our land's we need that land to have our cows on and it's our property not yours.

"We have 340 acres of our land that you are planning to take over.

"Our cows are important to us we have to look after them.

"We need space for all of them and you are taking over their grazing space.

"We don't want them to all be inside. You won't just be taking over our land but you will be hurting nature and you can't just use other people's land's for the mistake that you have done.

"You need to stop it, it is cruel and just because you have lots of money does not mean you can do what you like.

"I think you should stop because it is mean and it is our land not yours.

"From William Hewlett's children."

Maddy Sharp, Lily's Mum, says she is very proud of her daughter, who wrote the letter entirely on her own.

Maddy, alongside the rest of their family - Finn, five, and Izzy, three-months-old - is furious with the proposal too.

The mother-of-three explained: "If this ludicrous greenwashed plan gets approved we are set to loose 300 acres of our farmland, permanent grazing, arable fields, ancient orchards, miles and miles of hedgerows, thousands of trees, tons of freshwater ditches, bridle ways, footpaths, all which provide homes to many special species.

"The impact for us as a business would be huge, it's our main home grazing, been in the family for generations. 

"But more importantly it's our home, our sanctity, and everything that makes our area special. 

"It's our children's future."

Like other families who have land which is at risk over EDF's saltmarsh proposal - Maddy says the energy company has threatened compulsory purchase if they do not agree to sell their land.

Lily overheard her parents discussing EDF's plans when the family received a letter in the end of October. 

Maddy said: "Our kids couldn't sleep that night because they were worried.

"Finn was crying as they didn't want the 'bad men' to flood our farm.

"The next day the kids didn't want to go to school because they didn't want their home to get flooded whilst they were there.

"They are still so worried about it."

Despite the ongoing fears, Maddy explains how the community have pulled together to try to fight off the proposals.

She has also highlighted how their land, if picked by EDF, would be incompatible with saltmarsh territory.

Maddy said: "They are calling these flooded areas 'saltmarshes' to greenwash their proposal when put forward to Ed Milliband - when in fact where we are positioned along the river Severn we have a zero point nine percent salinity level.

"This is no where near enough to create saltmarsh or even brackish marsh and therefore would not have the ecological and carbon storing benefits they're claiming to everyone.

"And because of the nature of the river most locals know it would just end up being mudflats supporting hardly any life whatsoever - especially not the salt water fish they're looking to help.

"We don't believe it has anything to do with fish, but more to do with carbon credits."

The family say they have to wait until January for the next public consultation on the issue - and until then are 'living in fear'.

The energy company says it 'has no defined plans for the total area, final location or indeed the method by which it would be created.'

Andrew Cockcroft, Head of Stakeholder Relations at Hinkley Point C, said: "We have listened carefully to concerns and suggestions made during our consultation and are now exploring changes to our proposals. 

"Hinkley Point C is one of Britain's biggest acts in the fight against climate change and its operation will provide significant benefits for the environment. 

"The development of saltmarsh habitat will boost this further - helping support fish populations and minimise the small environmental impact of operating the new power station."