This page contains various items of information relating to the Sizewell C Development which the Parish Council believes impacts residents of Bramfield and / or Thorington Villages
At the Parish Council Meeting on 13th October 2025 a presentation by Sizewell C employees was given followed by a Q & A session involving members of the public.
Click here to open the Presentation (PDF format in new window). Below is the follow up email received answering some of the points made in the meeting.
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The meeting had some additional questions regarding the planning application and of course the transport/ HGV use of the village concerns.
I have spoken with the leads and can reiterate that the A144 is not a prescribed route for HGVs attending the SZC sites. I will caveat that with there is an exception with deliveries being made to the Halesworth Fen Meadow development. I can confirm that the tracking system has identified 19 HGVs that have delivered to the site to date since works started at Halesworth. Once again, I would ask that the parish council encourage the community to report any vehicle that they suspect is working on behalf of SZC not following the designated route to us at the information office to be investigated.
Regarding the accommodation at High Lodge specifically, I can confirm the following:-
I think it is worth mentioning that the High Lodge site had planning permission for 12-month occupancy (not the 10 months that I stated). However, the limit was previously set for a maximum of 56-night bookings, this will revert once the site returns to a leisure facility.
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At a meeting with Darsham Parish Council, Westleton PC, Blythborough and Hinton PC and the Chair of Bramfield & THorington, it was announced that Sizewell C had bought land at High Lodge, Hinton with the intention of putting 140 lodges to house workers for the Sizewell development. Whilst Sizewell C had consulted with Darsham PC alone, Darsham PC felt it was only fair to involve all of the councils who would be affected by the development. It was decided that each council would table two questions at the Sizewell C Northern transport forum held in August.
As Bramfield and Thorington will be directly affected by the development at High Lodge it was agreed that we would ask questions regarding the junction of the A12 and the A144, the A144 through Bramfield and the junction of the A12 and Hinton Road.
It is intended to house 680 workers at High Lodge with parking for 400 cars. The questions asked by Bramfield and Thorington PC looked at the proposed mitigations by Sizewell C at each of these junctions. Both junctions are notorious for accidents and the proposed increase in vehicles for the workers, ancillary staff needed to operate the site and delivery vehicles into Hinton will increase existing problems. The workers will need to use the facilities offered by Halesworth (supermarkets, take-aways, pharmacies etc) and therefore even more traffic will be using the A144 through Bramfield.
It was pointed out to Sizewell C that their intended alterations to the junction of the A144 and the A12 (designed before the purchase of High Lodge) were insufficient and that the PC was not happy with the current plans.
Bramfield and Thorington PC were offered a private meeting with Sizewell C at the end of August that Councillor Hughes attended. This provided an opportunity to outline our concerns and hopefully those concerns will be addressed by Sizewell C, Suffolk County Council and East Suffolk District Council.
