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 25 November

• Church Hill, Burstall, Ipswich, IP8 3DX
• Bramford, Ipswich, IP8 4JL
• Stone Street, Boxford, Sudbury, CO10 5NS
• Stoke Road, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO10 5NS
• Rands Road, Ipswich, IP7 5RW
• Calais Street, Colchester, CO6 5DN

Week commencing 25 November to week commencing 2 December

• Brick Kiln Hill, Boxford, Sudbury, IP7 5PR

Week commencing 2 December

• Off B1068, Leavenheath, Colchester, CO6 4PS 
• Heath Road, Polstead, Colchester, CO6 5BQ 
• Holt Road, Polstead, Colchester, CO6 5BU 
• Twinstead Road, Lamarsh, Bures, CO8 5HB  
• Sudbury Road, Little Maplestead, Halstead, CO9 2SE 
• Oak Road, Pebmarsh, Halstead, CO9 2QA 
• Lorkins Lane, Twinstead, Sudbury, CO10 7LZ 
• Pebmarsh Road, Twinstead, Sudbury, CO10 7ND 
• Pond Hall Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5PU  
• Pond Hall Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5PR  

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 the Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement 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