"Whilst we welcome the additional wildlife habitat being provided at Wild Aldhurst (Sizewell C's nature reserve near Leiston) and applaud the long-term commitment made by Sizewell C to return large swathes of the Sizewell estate to nature post-development, we are really disappointed that the wildlife compensation sites at Benhall, Halesworth and Pakenham are being misrepresented as examples of Sizewell C going above and beyond for nature. This is not true.
"Sizewell C is legally required to deliver these sites as a minimum to compensate for the impacts of the construction of the new nuclear power station on wildlife - a requirement that Suffolk Wildlife Trust, the RSPB, Natural England, the Environment Agency, Suffolk County Council, and the local planning authority have fought hard to secure for many years.
"People have a right to expect far better transparency from Sizewell C when it comes to it's wildlife compensation. Sizewell C must do better to be clear about the compensation they are required to deliver by law, versus what is truly "additional" for nature."
