Anglian Water pulls sewage works relocation bid
Anglian Water has pulled its bid to relocate the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant, but plan to resubmit ‘shortly’.
The company had submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) application to the planning inspectorate to ask for permission to build a new sewage works on land known as Honey Hill, to replace the existing works in the north of Cambridge.
In a letter to the planning inspectorate Anglian Water said it wanted to withdraw the application in order to “provide the further information requested in support of the DCO application”.
The company added that it plans to re-submit its application “shortly”.
The relocation is being planned to enable the land the existing plant sits on to be redeveloped into new homes, as part of the North East Cambridge project.
In March 2019, £277million of funding was allocated to Anglian Water and Cambridge City Council from the government’s Housing Infrastructure Funding to pay for the relocation project.
Anglian Water has previously said that the new facility would provide “vital services for the community and environment”, and that the new plant would operate at net zero carbon, and provide a long-term solution to dealing with waste water from a growing population.
The proposals have been met with backlash from some people living near to the proposed new site of the plant.
Earlier this month some people in Horningsea shared their thoughts on the relocation plans, saying they were ‘disappointed and devastated’ by the proposals.