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  • Alex Corr

    The main issue is that the only reason this application has been proposed is because they want to build houses on the current site and have been offered lots of money to do so. The plant has no... Read more

  • Andrew Roger Martin

    CWWTPR Introduction As a resident of Horningsea I was horrified to hear that the sewage plant could be moved to Honey Hill. Not only will this affect my family it will also affect:- The Village:... Read more

  • Charilaos Antoniou Zavros

    The proposed location will create more problems and unnecessary expense. There are very few green/nature places left near Cambridge.

  • David Willis

    I understand the need for a new sewer but if the old one is still capable to be use then leave it where it is. No need for the place to be dug up and changed Causing problems all over the place.

  • HELEN FRANCES SANTILLY

    To build on Agricultural green belt is not in keeping with national or local planning policy. This project is not of national importance and should not be allowed on this beautiful greenbelt which... Read more

  • Helen Seamarks

    I object Anglian Water misled the community on need within the consultation. Greenbelt ; Cambridge one of a few Greenbelt areas still in place ; the Greenbelt is great for animals such as Roe Deer,... Read more

  • Maibritt Shah

    There is no reason to relocate the waste treatment plant, and certainly none to move it to a green belt site closer to habitation.

  • Nigel Seamarks

    Anglian Water misled the public during the consultation. Anglian Water stated their was a capacity requirement; and the Capacity requirement was a National Infrastructure requirement. This is not the... Read more

  • Rachel King

    The relocation of the sewage works will be detrimental to my families health. The increase HGV in traffic will make it unsafe to commute by bike to school and work, as we currently do. The increase in... Read more

  • Rodney Wythe

    We run our accountancy practice as a business, whereby expenditure is made only when its necessary and affordable, and there is a continuous monitoring of the need to ensure there is enough income... Read more

  • The Starkie Family (The Starkie Family) on behalf of The Starkie Family (The Starkie Family)

    Starkie Family Objections • Selection of the site at Honey Hill failed to consider that the area is agricultural land in Green Belt: its use for the proposed development is contrary to local and... Read more

  • Charlotte Attwood

    The cost to move the sewage works in terms of expense to the tax payer, the impact of building on the green belt land and the carbon generated by moving the existing works, which doesn't need moving... Read more

  • Cambridge Friends of the Earth (Cambridge Friends of the Earth)

    Cambridge Friends of the Earth is concerned about the proposal to move a, recently upgraded and perfectly adequate, sewage treatment works into Cambridge's Green Belt, purely to free up valuable land... Read more

  • East Cambridgeshire District Council (East Cambridgeshire District Council)

    1. Impact on highways 2. Visual Impact 3. Biodiversity Impact 4. Public benefit of the scheme

  • Jo-Anne White

    I object to the proposed project as this will have an adverse safety to cyclists in the area due to the anticipated increase in traffic on local roads and small lanes, in particular on High Ditch Road... Read more

  • Stefanie Priewasser

    I object strongly to this project for the following reasons: I would like to express my concern regarding the impact of this project on the conservation areas of Fen Ditton and Horningsea. It is my... Read more

  • Maria Goodall

    The relocation of the sewage works from its current location in Cowley Rd to the GREEN BELT between Feb Dutton and Horningsea. Firstly there is no need for the move as the current plant is future... Read more

  • Laura Jones

    Firstly it is a waste of a huge amount of public money that could be put to much better use to Fund services for the community - public transport, healthcare, community projets, protecting the... Read more

  • Jenny Grewcock

    There is an existing site for the sewage works in Milton - and relocating this to greenbelt seems unnecessary and destructive to natural green areas which are important for wildlife and conservation.

  • Lucy Frazer MP

    I make this submission as the MP for South East Cambridgeshire, representing my constituents. The relocation of the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant (CWWTP) affects particularly the villages of... Read more

  • Simon Smithson

    A sewage plant is not compatible with a green belt - otherwise we might as well call it brown belt. The privatisation of the water companies unleashed the sale of the land assets that came with the... Read more

  • Xavier Castelino

    I am a school governor at [Redacted], in the local area. I’ve reviewed the details of the project, and although I am aware that areas sometimes need to change because of changing demographics, I am... Read more

  • Barbara Sansom

    There is no operational need to move the sewage works. This is only being considered to allow housing to be built and money to be made by construction companies. Local hard working Cambridge residents... Read more

  • Catherine Morris

    My objections and concerns are as follows: 1. The proposed site at Honey Hill should have been discounted from the get-go because it is the site of a Principal Chalk Aquifer which is, according to... Read more

  • John McGill

    I have strong objections to the proposed relocation of Anglian Water waste water plant from its present site to the Honey Hill vicinity. Reasons are given below. The land in question is categorized as... Read more

  • Pegasus Planning Group Ltd (Pegasus Planning Group Ltd)

    Pegasus Group act on behalf of Arqiva Limited with regard to town planning matters throughout the UK. Arqiva operate an equipment room at the bottom of Fen Road, just to the south of the A14... Read more

  • Professor Layla Skinns

    I wholly object to every aspect of the proposed move of the WWTP to Honey Hill, for the following reasons: 1. There is no operational reason to move as the current WWTP at Milton is fully functioning... Read more

  • Tarek Saad

    I find it absurd to move the treatment works to a conservation area. I genuinely do not understand why the treatment works are not being left where it is rather than spending millions of tax payers... Read more

  • James Murray-White

    This proposal is ludicrous. It is unnecessary to relocate a sewage processing & wastewater plant simply to create more space to build more houses - what needs to be tackled is over development and... Read more

  • Derek Langley

    I am objecting to the new sewage works at Honey Hill, for many reasons. Cambridge has a fully functioning sewage works that doesn’t need replacing and the carbon footprint of building a new sewage... Read more

  • Jenny Langley

    I am objecting to the proposed construction of the new sewage works on Honey Hill, for lots of reasons: At present, Cambridge has a fully functioning sewage works that isn’t that old and I understand... Read more

  • Julie Impey

    The site is unsuitable for a project of this size. It needs to be below the surface to be landscaped but the aquifer is near the ground level. There are contamination fears. It closely situated... Read more

  • Karin Abram

    I am deeply concerned about this proposed plant for the following reasons: It seems to be a threat to a Principle Chalk Aquifer which according to DEFRA is at high risk of groundwater contamination. A... Read more

  • Teversham Parish Council (Teversham Parish Council)

    As a Parish Council nearby we have concerns about the proposed relocation on the green belt and the precedent this sets for other development (we are already aware of other proposals). We have... Read more

  • Valentina Recla

    To the Planning Inspectorate in the matter of Anglian Water’s application to relocate its sewage works to Honey Hill. I am registering to log my objection to this project. My objection has an... Read more

  • William Orme

    Successive governments for many decades have put in place the planning policy of greenbelts for very good reasons and these should be protected where at all possible. Relocating such a large and... Read more

  • Chris Pim

    I strongly object to the relocation of the sewage works to the Honey Hill site (and in general), with the main reasons being as follows: 1) It seems unacceptable during such a time of governmental... Read more

  • The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Horningsea (The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Horningsea)

    Representation on behalf of The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Horningsea (“the Church”) The Church has been served with a notice pursuant to s56 of the Planning Act 2008 as... Read more

  • William Wykeham

    I am concerned about the environmental impact of this development. Building the new plant is extremely CO2 intensive due to the amount of concrete involved. It is also planned to be built on green... Read more

  • Clare Harvey

    I am objecting to these proposals for environmental, economic and site suitability reasons. Environmental: loss of green belt land and adverse effects on local wildlife. Huge carbon cost of new... Read more

  • Malorie Delaporte

    These are time to preserve arable lands. These are times to shield wildlife. These are times to be cautious about public spending. These are times to protect mental wealth. These are not times to put... Read more

  • Mrs Marjorie Pratt

    The smell from the sewage works was enormously reduced after the expensive upgrade in 2015. Anglian Water said that upgrade made the sewage works future proofed for decades. It is an appalling waste... Read more

  • Dr Sarah Beeson

    The proposed site of the CWWTPR at Honey Hill is in an entirely rural area surrounded on all sides by agricultural land. The Cambridge Green Belt Study (2012), which has informed the South... Read more

  • Natural England (Natural England)

    Natural England's Relevant Representations statement attached.

  • Susan White

    I object to the planning application to relocate the Cambridge Sewage Works to Honey Hill for the following reasons: The current sewage works were upgraded a few years ago and were deemed fit for... Read more

  • Charles Richard Chappell Jones

    I object to the submitted proposals for the proposed relocation of the Cambridge Wastewater Treatment Works and I wish to be allowed to make a written submission. I will avoid duplicating points made... Read more

  • Colin Sparkes

    Do not re locate its fine where it is,this is just a housing scheme

  • East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust)

    The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) consider that the Project (Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation) is likely to have a significant impact on its operations, service... Read more

  • Cadent Gas Limited (Cadent Gas Limited)

    Representation on behalf of Cadent Gas Limited (Cadent) to the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Development Consent Order (DCO). Cadent is a licensed gas transporter under the Gas Act... Read more

  • Alison Tollit

    The Proposed project is going to waste taxpayers money . It’s a project that is unnecessary it does not need to move from its present site . It will consume a beautiful green belt area and set a... Read more

  • Colin Martyn Lizieri

    This project is unnecessary, largely benefits shareholders, not local communities and, critically, threatens the local environment, including SSSIs, not least given water companies' track record of... Read more

  • Jon Tollit

    Honey Hill Proposed Sewerage Treatment Works The existing facility at Milton is perfectly viable for needs for many years and does not need relocation. The study to select a site was flawed and did... Read more

  • Pamela McLeman

    I object to this infrastructure project. Anglian water admits there is no operational need to move. It's a waste of taxpayer money, (£227 million), a scandal, in the light of Thames Water + the debt... Read more

  • Peter Charles Eric Halford

    My fundamental objection to this planning proposal is that, by Anglian Water’s own admission, there is no operational need for a relocation of Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Works. However if such... Read more

  • Christine Shaw

    The proposal for Honey Hill is very much against Green policies and talk from Government agencies. In these times of global warming I fail to see how it helps the planet or local area to uproot a... Read more

  • Mark Woolfenden

    I object to the poorly conceived and ill thought through proposed relocation of the Cambridge Sewage Works to Honey Hill, between the conservation villages of Fen Ditton and Horningsea. · Moving the... Read more

  • Mrs Laurie Woolfenden

    Bigger than Wembley, and floodlit I object to the poorly conceived and ill thought through proposed relocation of the Cambridge Sewage Works to Honey Hill, between the conservation villages of Fen... Read more

  • Rae Langton

    I wish to register as an Interested Party for a reason particular to our own situation, and several more general reasons. The particular reason is that our water supply is entirely from our own well:... Read more

  • The Federation of Cambridge Residents Associations (FeCRA) (The Federation of Cambridge Residents Associations (FeCRA))

    Dear Sir/Madam, Anglian Water’s DCO application to relocate the sewage works I am writing on behalf of the Federation of Cambridge Residents Associations’ ( FeCRA) to register as an IP and to object... Read more

  • Mark Woolfenden on behalf of John Woolfenden (John Woolfenden)

    SAVE HONEY HILL AT FEN DITTON THE HONEY HILL SITE FOR A PROPOSED NEW SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANT HAS BEEN ILL -THOUGHT OUT BY OUR 'SUPPOSEDLY’ ILLUSTRIOUS PLANNERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT". THE HONEY HILL... Read more

  • Susan Bates

    I fail to see the need to move the existing site down the road at a cost of £227 million just to build houses also the traffic during construction will cause problems for children on their way to... Read more

  • Kathy Broadbent

    This project has not been adequately thought through, the council are building a sewage works on greenbelt land rather than upgrading the existing site on brownfield land because it's cheaper and the... Read more

  • Michael Kiernan

    The potential siting of a major sewage works just 1.5km from the new build I purchased at Marleigh was never declared by Hill or Marshall at the time of purchase. The enormous environmental impact of... Read more

  • Wendy Tina Rose

    I am registering an interest in the land at [Redacted] which was sold with a restrictive covenant in our favour. We would like to state a claim of interest that when [Redacted] was first sold a clause... Read more

  • A Gledhill

    Anglian Water have confirmed that there isn't an operational requirement to move the waste water treatment works. The environmental burden of building the new site and decommissioning and... Read more

  • Catherine Sparks

    1 Im very concerned about the building of a large structure on green belt land near Cambridge ,Fen Ditton and Horningsea . There is constant overdevelopment in our area repeatedly destroying green... Read more

  • Colin Ramsay

    As a local Horningsea resident, I'm raising my concerns below with regards to the planned relocation of sewage works to Honey Hill in Cambridge. - Impact on the conservation areas of Fen Ditton and... Read more

  • Katharina Faller

    I’m very concerned about the heavy carbon cost of replacing a working sewage works. We live on the new marleigh development and I’m also concerned about the impact it will have on us in terms of odour... Read more

  • L Yarrow

    I object to a private water company being given £227 million of taxpayers money to move from a sight that is able to be used well into the future, just to free up the current sight for Development.... Read more

  • Natalya naqvi

    Honey hill sewage plant will cause environmental disaster and increase traffic on high ditch road and Ditton lane to unlivable levels. There are already numerous accidents on this road

  • Peter Matlock

    Why is there a need to do this in the first place as I believe the existing water treatment facility is more than able to cope with any expansion . This would seem a compete waste of money as well as... Read more

  • Dr. Sheila Margaret Porrer

    I wish to register an objection to the proposed construction of a new sewage treatment plant on land near Horningsey and Fen Ditton known as Honey Hill. The grounds of my objection are many, but these... Read more

  • Helen Jane Warnock

    I object to the moving of the Sewage Works to Honey Hill. The CWWTP does not need to move on operational grounds. In 2015 the present works was upgraded to meet the needs of the expansion of Cambridge... Read more

  • Ian Watt

    Dear Sir/Madam, I wish to take this opportunity to express my objection to the proposal to move the sewage works to Honey Hill. First and foremost there is no operational need for this move to be... Read more

  • Geraldine Roper

    I am concerned about the building of a massive infrastructure on GREENBELT agricultural land, and the impact on our countryside and wildlife , so depleted now. I dont hear enough details on how all... Read more

  • Jennifer Krombacher

    Main issues: The project is unnecessary and inappropriate. Honey Hill is an unacceptable choice of site. The project is unnecessary because the existing water treatment works in Milton are fully... Read more

  • Paula Bishop

    I think that this project is so unnecessary given that the water company have already admitted that the current site continues to be fit for purpose. We're living in such financially constrained times... Read more

  • Barbara Le Gallez

    I am opposed to the proposed project, for the following reasons: 1) There is no operational need for it. 2) It will damage the Green Belt, including farmland and recreational areas. 3) It will... Read more

  • Christine Turnbull

    I am wholly opposed to this project particularly as it is so close to a very important aquafer. It is using up valuable GREEN BELT productive agricultural land - still being farmed. It is almost next... Read more

  • Fiona Bryant

    Comments in relation to economic, social and environmental impact

  • Helen le Breton Skaer

    I am not convinced that this scheme is necessary as the current sewage plant at Milton is fit for purpose for the same length of time and for the same predicted population that we are told is the... Read more

  • Howard Aston

    1. The proposed relocation site for the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant (the "Sewage Works") is named Honey Hill and is Green Belt land. Building on Green Belt land is contrary to national and... Read more

  • J Seamarks

    I am a young person ; I am concerned no developments actually help young people on the property ladder. I am a Key Worker and have no chance of obtaining a £350k mortgage for an affordable home. This... Read more

  • Karen Briscombe

    I object to the proposed relocation of the Cambridge Sewage Works to Honey Hill, between the conservation villages of Fen Ditton and Horningsea.  Moving the sewage works about a mile down the road, at... Read more

  • Kieran Burke

    There has bee no consideration of the impact on the conservation areas of Fen Ditton and Horningsea. This has been overlooked by Anglian Water. Building on Green Belt land in order to open brown sites... Read more

  • Louise Harper

    Objection regarding access and farm land use.

  • William Robert Harper

    This project directly impacts farmers, landscape, nature and the local residents to name a few. It will also create a major impact on local pollution and traffic problems

  • John Sandey

    My objection to the relocation of the sewage works to Honey Hill I have decided to lodge an objection to the construction of a sewage works at Honey Hill. I have set out below the main reasons which... Read more

  • Lynn Arnold

    I am very concerned about the building of new sewage outlet for these reasons: The negative impact on conservation area if Fen Ditton and the effect it will have on wildlife and diversity. Building on... Read more

  • Rebecca Hollweg

    It is unnecessary, wasteful, unecological and will ruin an area of natural beauty, upsetting many local residents.

  • Abbey Greens Ward Office (Abbey Greens Ward Office)

    I am concerned about the impact of site traffic on a busy junction. Honey Hill is the site of an attractive circular walk and is the gateway to the Wicken Fen nature reserve, so there is a loss of... Read more

  • Alan Hugh Muhr

    I object to the relocation of Cambridge Waste Water Works from Milton to Honey Hill for the following reasons: - the Green Belt status of Honey Hill should be respected. I am very familiar with the... Read more

  • Friends of the Cam (Friends of the Cam)

    Friends of the Cam's primary grounds for objection to moving the Waste Water Treatment Plan from its current site in NE Cambridge to Honey Hill: 1.Demolition and new construction are heavy carbon... Read more

  • Harriet Wykeham

    The existing plant is fully functional and has been future-proofed. I therefore don't think it's acceptable to build on Green Belt land, and incur both the monetary and carbon cost of that.

  • Janet Walker

    My objections Inter alia - Impact on the Green Belt, which is contrary to national and local planning policies - likely impact on and important rare chalk aquifer; - Impact on public rights of way,... Read more

  • Jean Williams

    I wish to object to the relocation of the sewage works on the following grounds: It is contrary to several City Council policies, including their declared biodiversity and climate change emergencies.... Read more

  • nicola marshall

    It should not be relocated to honey hill for environmental reasons and should remain in its current position.

  • Rhian Benstead

    Why are we using £227 million of taxpayers’ money to fund the completely unnecessary move of a perfectly functionable sewage works from its current location to a green belt area, which is contrary to... Read more

  • Schia Sinclair

    I don’t think that the sewage works should be relocated at all, to anywhere, and definitely not to an area of green belt. My specific issues are as follows: 1. Building on green belt. 2. The carbon... Read more

  • A Chapman

    I am writing to make clear my objection to the proposed creation of a new Sewage Works at the Honey Hill beauty spot between Horningsea and Fen Ditton. A sewage works should not be built at Honey Hill... Read more