East Anglia TWO Public Information Day – 5th June 2025, Knodishall
ScottishPower Renewables held a Public Information Event on Thursday 5th June at Knodishall Village Hall to provide information on upcoming construction works related to the East Anglia TWO. This included information on the construction of our temporary haul road, access points, ground investigation works and Public Right of Way amendments. For those who were unable to make the event, please find below the information that was displayed.
Please see below an outline of the Temporary Substation Haul Road designed to take construction traffic away from public roads. Construction of this indicatively scheduled for July 2025, however exact dates and further details will be available via our interactive map in due course.
Temporary Substation Haul Road Cross Section
Access 9 and 10
Below is an outline map of Accesses 9 and 10. Construction of these accesses will begin from 17th June for approximately six weeks and will support with the construction of our temporary haul road. Working hours are Monday – Friday 8am-6pm and Saturday 8am-1pm, no work will take place on Sundays or Bank Holidays. Further details can be found here: East Anglia TWO And ONE North Project Activity - ScottishPower Renewables
Traffic management plan for Accesses 9&10
To ensure the safety of both the public and our workforce, temporary traffic management will be in place. Below is an outline of our Traffic Management plan in place to allow construction of accesses 9 and 10. This will involve single-lane access controlled by traffic lights. All traffic management measures have been approved by Suffolk County Council (SCC) Highways.
Access 11 and 12
Below is an outline of accesses 11 and 12. These accesses will be constructed this year, however exact dates and traffic management plans have not yet been agreed. Once these are confirmed, all information will be available here. East Anglia TWO And ONE North Project Activity - ScottishPower Renewables
Permanent Public Right of Way (PRoW) amendments
Below is a plan of our permanent PRoW amendments, we will be diverting these this year. Further details will be available once confirmed.
Ground Investigation Locations
Below is a map to show our ground investigation locations. This work will involve drilling holes into the ground of our substation area to further examine the geotechnical conditions. This survey builds on earlier site investigation works, that were undertaken before appointment of the civil works contractor, the combined results of which will be used to inform the detailed design of the substations, including earthworks, foundations, drainage and permanent access. This work will take place in August 2025.
HGV Traffic Routes
To allow HGV traffic to be routed away from the most sensitive communities, we have committed to the implementation of a temporary haul road for the
length of onshore cable route.
Substation Haul Road HGV Traffic Routes
The green route in the map below will be used for this section of work.
Agreed HGV Traffic Routes for the entire onshore build
Ecology
Below is the information provided at the Public Information Event.
Surveys of birds such as skylark, nightjar and woodlark have been undertaken across the entire cable route throughout the breeding bird seasons within the pre-construction phase and we will continue to monitor activity while contractors are on site.
An Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) will be on site to check for nests and oversee activity during construction. Should any nests be found, they will be marked and protected until the chicks have fledged. Wintering bird surveys and targeted Schedule 1 bird surveys have also been carried out.
Ecological mitigation has already been carried out, including habitat creation/scrub planting to create habitat for nightingale and growing of a seed mix to provide food for turtle dove, and supplementary feeding of turtle dove, which will continue throughout the construction phase.
Habitat creation, including additional scrub planting and wildflower sowing, as well as scrape creation, has also been carried out. Barn owl boxes have also been installed at suitable locations within the development area.
Surveys of badger setts and badger activity have been undertaken across the entire cable route throughout the pre-construction phase and we will continue to monitor activity while contractors are on site. The cable route has been designed to avoided impacts to badger setts where possible. Licences have been obtained from Natural England to close setts where impacts are unavoidable, with an artificial sett constructed to replace lost habitat. An ECoW will be on site to supervise all works close to active badger setts and check for any new setts.
A District Level Licence (DLL) has been obtained from Natural England for Great Crested Newts (GCN). The DLL enables offsite compensation to be undertaken by Natural England appointed contractors which correlates to the level of impacts of the works.
Reptile surveys have been carried out within suitable habitat across the entire cable route. Good practice measures for amphibians and reptiles will be followed while contractors are on site, these will be enforced by the ECoW.
Vegetation clearance within suitable habitat will be preceded by a pre-works search by the ECoW, with any captured reptiles or amphibians relocated to a suitable location. Additional mitigation at areas with higher reptile populations or areas with possible GCN presence will include two-stage vegetation cuts and exclusion fencing.
Bat activity surveys and aerial roost inspection surveys have been carried out in order to identify high value bat commuting and foraging habitat and bat roosts within trees. Hazel hurdles will be installed across any gaps in high value hedgerows in order to ensure commuting routes are not disrupted. In addition, a licence from Natural England will be obtained if any trees with confirmed bat roosts require removal, and compensatory bat boxes will be installed to replace any lost features. Fifty additional bat boxes have already been installed on site as an enhancement measure.
East Anglia TWO Planning Application and Examination Documents
The East Anglia TWO project submitted an application for development consent in October 2019. The Planning inspectorate held an examination for the project from October 2020 to July 2021.
The documents associated with the planning application and examination for East Anglia TWO are available for download on the Planning Inspectorate website.
Phase 4 Consultation - 2019
Phase 4 of our community consultation ran from 11 February 2019 and closed on 26 March 2019. We held a series of Public Information Days to provide members of the public with an update on the progress of the East Anglia TWO and ONE North Projects and an opportunity to give feedback to the development team.
Two Public Information Days were held in each of the following locations:
- Friston
- Aldeburgh
- Leiston
- Orford
- Knodishall
- Thorpeness
- Southwold
All Phase 4 Consultation Material can be found below:
We also published the Preliminary Environmental Information Report (PEIR) for the proposed East Anglia TWO project in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act 2008. This can be viewed in the section above.
View our Phase 4 Community Consultation Summary Report here
Phase 3.5 Consultation - 2018
Phase 3.5 Consultation began on 29 September and closed on 12 November 2018 (extended by two weeks from the original end date of 29 October).
Phase 3.5 Consultation was an additional stage of consultation to consult primarily on a new potential substation location between Sizewell and Leiston, as a possible alternative to the currently proposed substation site near Friston.
Public meetings were held in the following locations:
- Leiston
- Friston
- Knodishall
- Thorpeness
All Phase 3.5 Consultation information can be found below:
You can view the Phase 3.5 Decision Summary document here.
Phase 3 Consultation - 2018
Phase 3 of our community consultation took place from 16 May until 28 August 2018. The key focus of Phase 3 was to consult on our Indicative Onshore Development Area, which can be found here. In particular we welcomed your views on any mitigation that may be required.
Two Public Information Days were held in each of the following locations:
- Orford
- Friston
- Leiston
- Southwold
- Lowestoft
- Aldeburgh
- Thorpeness
The materials shown at the Phase 3 Public Information Days can be viewed using the links below:
Our Phase 3 PIDs Summary Report can be viewed here.
Phase 2 Consultation - 2018
Phase 2 of our community consultation concluded on 17 April 2018. Throughout the consultation period Public Information Days were held in the following locations:
- Lowestoft
- Southwold
- Leiston
- Thorpeness
- Aldeburgh
- Orford
Supporting material presented at the Public Information Days can be viewed using the links below:
A summary report of the Phase 2 Consultation information days has been prepared to present the feedback received and can be viewed here:
Following the conclusion of the Phase 2 community consultation process, ScottishPower Renewables prepared a report outlining our approach to site selection. The work our expert advisors have undertaken to inform the site selection, how we make our decisions and ultimately, the preferred zone selected for the location of the two substations (one each for East Anglia TWO and ONE North) and one National Grid Energy Transmission Substation.
This report includes links to supporting materials and can be viewed here:
Phase 1 Consultation - 2017
Phase 1 consultation (non-statutory) concluded in late 2017. A series of Public Information Days ran throughout October and November to introduce the project to the community at the following locations:
- Southwold
- Leiston
- Lowestoft
- Orford
Supporting materials presented at Phase 1 Consultation consisted of:
- Public event display boards
- Photomontages were produced to visualise the turbines at key locations which can be viewed below:
- A feedback form was made available to attendees to provide their initial comments on the proposals.
You can also view the East Anglia TWO Summary of Environmental Considerations document here.
Scoping Report
As part of the consenting process we submitted Scoping Reports for East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) for their consideration in November 2017. These Scoping Reports requested a scoping opinion to agree the methodology for undertaking the full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). These assessments form part of the Environmental Statement which will be submitted as part of the full Development Consent application.
The Scoping Reports provided a clear description of our proposed infrastructure, and connection route to the electricity transmission network. The scoping process also sought stakeholder opinions on the areas to be investigated in detail when undertaking our Environmental Impact Assessments.
- The Scoping Report for East Anglia TWO can be viewed on the Planning Inspectorate website here.
- We received the Scoping Opinion from PINS in December 2017. You can view this here.
Statement of Community Consultation
In accordance with Section 47 of the Planning Act 2008, East Anglia TWO Limited published a Statement of Community Consultation in March 2018 outlining our approach to consulting with local communities on the East Anglia TWO offshore windfarm.
In September 2018 ScottishPower Renewables published an Updated Statement of Community Consultation to include an additional phase of consultation (Phase 3.5) that took place from 29 September to 12 November 2018.
- View the Updated Statement of Community Consultation here.