Sizewell C Power Station: Hedges and Ditches and Tree Felling

(asked on 26th June 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of (1) number of trees felled, and (2) metres of hedgerow removed, on all sites related to the building of Sizewell C and the associated infrastructure.


Answered by
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield Portrait
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
This question was answered on 10th July 2025

Sizewell C was granted development consent following the Planning Inspectorate’s examination of Sizewell C’s Development Consent Order (DCO) application and all works are fully in line with DCO permissions.

Sizewell C report that the project has carried out advanced planting of 4,000 more trees than it has removed, and when the power station is complete, 42 hectares of woodland will have been created, amounting to between 50,000 and 100,000 trees and shrubs, plus additional hedgerows. Sizewell C has also created three nature reserves around the site – and three further nature reserves are being created locally to further mitigate for any land take.

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