Sizewell - the Devastation Caused

In east Suffolk, signs of development are hard to miss. Thousands of trees have been felled, and a huge swathe of land stretching from the outskirts of Leiston to the coast have been cleared for a new construction compound and access road to the Sizewell C site. Elsewhere, land is being dug up for a new link road off the A12, a new bypass around the villages of Stratford St Andrew and Farnham, and two park-and-ride sites at Wickham Market and Darsham. David Grant’s farm at Middleton, near Leiston, has been cut in two by the new Sizewell link road and an access road to the B1122. He said he had lost 38 acres (15 hectares) of arable land. “Nothing prepared us for the devastation caused,” he said. “It’s all gone, dug out with machines completely ruthlessly and without any sympathy. “I think this is HS2, but bigger, frankly. “I’ve got friends who were involved in the HS2 cancellation and they haven’t even been able to repurchase their land. Luckily we have the option to repurchase if this doesn’t go ahead.”