Surveys

All key stakeholders, such as the local planning authorities and environmental bodies (such as Natural England) have been fully informed of our planned works.

To understand more about the local environment, and to inform the environmental impact assessment, we need to carry out surveys. Surveys may take place on land within our draft order limits (the land that would be required to build and operate Bramford to Twinstead and on some adjoining land, and in areas that have been identified through consultation feedback as potentially sensitive).

Ongoing surveys

A list of our ongoing and upcoming surveys will be available on this page. If for any reason a survey cannot take place on the scheduled date, such as poor weather conditions, we will endeavour to reschedule the survey in a timely manner.

Access to land plots is agreed before any surveys may take place. If you are a landowner and have questions about the surveys on your land, please see below.
 

2024 surveys

• Week commencing 28 October: Layham, Suffolk, IP7 5FB
• Week commencing 28 October to week commencing 4 November: Nayland Road, Assington, Sudbury, CO10 5LR
• Week commencing 4 November to week commencing 25 November: Hadleigh Railway Walk, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 5PH
• Week commencing 4 November to week commencing 25 November: Pope's Green Lane, Polstead, Suffolk, IP7 5RJ
• Week commencing 4 November: Barracks Road, Assington, Suffolk, CO10 5LP
• Week commencing 4 November to week commencing 11 November: Burstall, Suffolk, IP8 3EB
• Week commencing 4 November to week commencing 11 November: Stoke Road, Leavenheath, Suffolk, CO6 4PR
• Week commencing 4 November to week commencing 11 November: Burstall, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3DX
• Week commencing 11 November: Shelley, Suffolk, England, CO6 5AX
• Week commencing 11 November: Straight Road, Polstead Heath, Suffolk, CO6 5BD
• Week commencing 11 November: Heath Road, Polstead Heath, Polstead, Suffolk, CO6 5BQ
• Week commencing 11 November: Bower House Tye, Polstead, Suffolk, CO6 5DL 
• Week commencing 11 November: Holt Road, Bower House Tye, Polstead, Suffolk, CO6 5BX 
• Week commencing 18 November: Holt Road, Bower House Tye, Polstead, Suffolk, CO6 5BX
• Week commencing 18 November: Burstall, Suffolk, IP8 3EB 
• Week commencing 18 November: White Street Green, Polstead, Boxford, Suffolk, CO10 5JL 
• Week commencing 18 November to week commencing 25 November: Whitelands Road, Alphamstone, Essex, CO9 2NY

Landowners

We encourage you to appoint an agent/surveyor to act on your behalf where we are seeking rights to carry out works on your property. An agent/surveyor will advise you on the process, your rights and will handle any compensation claims on your behalf. We will reimburse you for professional fees reasonably incurred in respect of all claims and advice on legal agreements in connection with associated land rights. More information on this can be found within our Land Rights Strategy and Payment of Surveyors Fees documents.

Best practice guides

To help explain how the Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement would be built, we have produced 'Best Practice' guides which show how National Grid constructs overhead lines and underground cables. You can view these guides by following the links below.

Whilst National Grid will adopt the best practice as set out in these documents wherever it is possible and reasonably practical, there will be some instances where we cannot do this. You can find information about the specifics of constructing Sea Link in the Preliminary Environmental Information Report, which is available in our Document Library.

Construction best practice for overhead line installation

Construction best practice for underground cable installation