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Electricity: Suffolk

Commons · Question 10677 · Tabled 17 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 26 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact of the expansion of Bramford Substation on (a) the probability of a fire and (b) the local environment.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 26 Jun 2026

The expansion of Bramford Substation forms part of the Norwich to Tilbury project, a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) for which a Development Consent Order application is currently being examined by the Planning Inspectorate on behalf ...