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Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation

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  • Thomas Ward

    I used to live in fenditton and I work in the area. It is a beautiful wild area and the loss of biodiversity and wildlife would be a very sad and long lasting disaster for the local area. The building... Read more

  • Tracy Rolls

    Ruin environment Traffic pollution Wildlufe

  • Tristram Riley-Smith

    Introduction. I am a long-term resident of Fen Ditton (30 years). My home is closer to the existing Waste Recycling Centre (WRC) at Cowley Rd than the proposed site on Honey Hill. The prevailing wind... Read more

  • Ursula stubbings

    I am a frequent visitor to the proposed relocation site and the area is valued for its unspoilt nature. The relocation of the current sewage works to Honey Hill is completely unnecessary. The Milton... Read more

  • Amy Cudmore

    I do not agree with the proposed move of the sewage treatment works to Honey Hill. The biggest impact from this are the negative effects to the local countryside and wildlife, negative impact on local... Read more

  • Angela de Burgh

    *The Cambridge Sewage works have been designed to provide sufficient capacity until 2050. Anglia Water has stated that there is no operational need to move the works. Why move them? *Taxpayers’ money... Read more

  • Anthony Arnold Wieser

    I object to the plans to relocate the sewage works to honey hill on the following grounds. The plant was recently upgraded at the current location to provide service until 2050, and now the new plant... Read more

  • Carol Ernestine Parker

    1. Why build over the Chalk Aquifer? In the ever increasing threat of global warming, with increasing sudden and heavy rainfall, Waste Water Treatment plants are overflowing on site. There is a risk... Read more

  • Catherine Rodwell

    I am a regular visitor to this area and I strongly object to this proposal. It is a totally inappropriate industrial scale development on the Cambridge Green Belt. It will be a permanent eyesore and... Read more

  • Chris Pratt

    Dear Sir I write to register my objection to the proposed relocation of the Milton WWTP. I am a Chartered Civil Engineer and have links to the locality having grown up in Cambridge. I have family in... Read more

  • Christopher Howell

    There is a desperate shortage of housing across our region, and particularly in and around Cambridge. This project is an essential prerequisite to allow the development of the North East Cambridge... Read more

  • Conservators of the River Cam (Conservators of the River Cam)

    CONSERVATORS OF THE RIVER CAM STATEMENT OF INTEREST The Conservators of the River Cam are the statutory navigation authority with responsibility for the River Cam. The main jurisdiction of the... Read more

  • CPRE Cambridgeshire & Peterborough (CPRE Cambridgeshire & Peterborough)

    CPRE is the countryside charity which campaigns to protect Green Belts and prevent urban sprawl. Our remit is also to protect and enhance greenfield land, natural landscape, rural villages and to... Read more

  • David Williams

    As the licensed lay minister (reader) for St Peter's church in Horningsea I am very concerned with the proposed move of the sewage works to the village in a green field site. There is already a... Read more

  • Donald Trevor Wildman

    As a resident of Milton Village, I object to the current proposals for the relocation of the Cambridge Wastewater Plant from its current site for a range of reasons. Anglian Water have stated that... Read more

  • Douglas Peter William Russell

    I believe there are a number of reasons that relocation of the sewage works should not go ahead, any one of which should be compelling enough, but together are overwhelmingly strong reasons not to... Read more

  • Ellen Francis

    In assessing the proposals, the Planning Inspectorate, and in turn the Secretary of State, must be satisfied that the impacts of the proposals have been adequately assessed and the weight attributed... Read more

  • Frank Hopkirk

    It is not needed in terms of capacity - Anglia Water have confirmed that the existing site is sufficient for requirements till 2050. The proposed site is grade 1 green belt agricultural land and... Read more

  • Gary William Dew

    • There is a lack of consideration given to keeping the plant where it is and making it state of the art and smell proof. Redesigning it with a smaller footprint would release land for building if... Read more

  • Helen Oakley

    I object to the proposal: I cycle, run and walk around this area at least 3 times per week, often on my way to and from Quy Fen. I will be denied the beauty, peace and joy this gives me and also the... Read more

  • Helen Symonds

    Loss of arable farmland in the greenbelt. Impact upon the surrounding fens. Loss of recreational space for mental health and wellbeing. Lack of consideration to retain the current works.

  • Horningsea Village Hall and Green Trust (Horningsea Village Hall and Green Trust)

    • I am writing this on behalf of the Horningsea Village Hall trust who wish to object very strongly to the plan to move the CWWTP to Honey Hill. • Fundamentally, we see no need to move the sewage work... Read more

  • Ian Fearnley

    Objection to this use of public monies. This use of public finances for this project, the relocation of an existing operational sewage works at currently 227 million pounds (currently), is effectively... Read more

  • Jennifer Dawson

    I object to the sewerage works being moved one mile down the round to a conservation area between 2 small villages just so £227,000,000 can be claimed from the government for building a development on... Read more

  • John Barry Rooke

    T Rehis is a prominent open Green Belt Site Site sits on an aquifa hence previous refusal Anglian confirm current site more than sufficient to expand if necessary. Move is solely profit motivated.... Read more

  • Julia Hochbach

    The proposed relocation of the perfectly functional sewage works from Milton appears to have no good reason other than to develop the site of the existing sewage works for profit. The carbon footprint... Read more

  • Julia Smitherman

    I oppose Anglian Water’s application to develop a new sewage treatment plant on the site of Honey Hill, Cambridge, and plan to decommission the current plant at Milton for no operational reason other... Read more

  • Lily Morris

    My objections to CWWTPR are as follows: Dealing with climate change has to be above everything and doing everything we can to minimise it must be our priority. They say the sewage plant needs to move... Read more

  • Mark Davis

    I object to the proposal.

  • Quod (Quod) on behalf of Marshall Group Properties (Marshall Group Properties)

    1 Introduction 1.1 These relevant representations have been prepared on behalf of Marshall Group Properties (MGP) following the recent submission of Anglian Water’s Cambridge Waste Water Treatment... Read more

  • Mary Kay Muhr

    I grew up on High Ditch Road, Fen Ditton, [Redacted], and am still part-owner of a house there. We were proud to live on, and be able to walk along, the course of a Dyke, with open Green Belt land to... Read more

  • Monica Bijok

    Cambridge is already unsustainable in water. The River Cam is dying. It is no longer spring fed, but mostly recycled water. As a rare chalk stream it should be crystal clear and a constant 10°C. It is... Read more

  • Mr Colin Davidson

    It's appropriate to move the sewage works from their current location south of the A14 on the edge of Cambridge, but this should be dependent on the quality of the proposal for what to replace it... Read more

  • Rebecca Foreman

    I object to the relocation of the sewage works on a number of points: primarily there is no real need to move the plant, the current site has been upgraded recently to ensure that it is ‘future proof’... Read more

  • Richard Holton

    I live in Horningsea, and am very concerned about this project. I am concerned at the enormous environmental cost of building it; at the disruption caused by the building; and by the disruption to the... Read more

  • Rosalind Jane Aveling

    I understand development pressures and the need for compromise. But the risk now of environmental damage in a changing climate is so high, and escalating, that it should be the first consideration in... Read more

  • Ruth Davis

    There is no need to move the Cambridge waste water treatment plant from its current location. It is fully functioning and was future-proofed just 8 years ago at great expense. Any future upgrades... Read more

  • Sarah Farrell

    Moving the sewage works will generate lots of traffic both during construction and on an ongoing basis. This is already a busy road not fit to accept heavier traffic, which is unsafe to residents,... Read more

  • Steven Green

    I am very concerned about the proposal to relocate the waste treatment plant from Milton to Fen Ditton, Horningsea and Quy. It appears the a huge amount of public money, hundreds of millions, is being... Read more

  • Stuart Gibbs

    I strongly object to the relocation of Anglian Water sewage works from Cowley Road , Cambridge to Honey Hill , Fen Ditton on the following grounds: impact on the conservation areas of Fen Ditton and... Read more

  • Susan Griffin

    Unnecessary upheaval and impact on all nearby residents and wildlife. Increase in heavy traffic. Huge financial cost Carbon cost to the environment and loss of green belt. Questions about length of... Read more

  • Susan Roberts

    • I object very strongly to the plan to move the CWWTP to Honey Hill. Fundamentally, I see no convincing reason for the move. The current works on Cowley Road are fully functioning, have capacity and... Read more

  • Susan Valerie Buttery

    I am registering my concerns about the relocation of the sewage treatment plant from Milton to the Honey Hill site.

  • Teresa Ross

    I’m concerned about the wildlife, with all the building works in our area we are losing all our green spaces, The smell is another thing, sometimes we can smell the sewer from Milton, I really don’t... Read more

  • Design&Conservation (Design&Conservation) on behalf of the Yandell family. (the Yandell family.)

    We are opposed to the relocation in principle but on the basis that it may obtain consent we object to the plant's unnecessary size , the ill-considered intrusiveness of the design, its... Read more

  • Alice Bettoney

    There is an extremely high environmental cost associated with rebuilding of the sewage works, to only move it a relatively small distance away from the existing site. The current site could be brought... Read more

  • Benjamin John Morris

    I am objecting to the proposed relocation of Cambridge’s Water Treatment Plant for the following reasons: I don’t feel enough was done to look at the benefits of keeping the sewage plant where it is... Read more

  • Catherine Rosemary Grant

    I object to the proposal For a) the unnecessary relocation of an existing sewage treatment plant with adequate capacity for the foreseeable future to a site in the green belt with the consequent... Read more

  • Emily Green

    Dear Examining Authority, I am writing to stringently oppose the plans to move a fully-functioning sewage work. As you are aware, the current sewage work was made to last till at least 2050, and yet... Read more

  • Evelyn Edith Daniel

    I object most strongly to the proposal to move the Waste Water Treatment Plant from its present site to Honey Hill, Fen Ditton. I believe this to be totally unnecessary and a complete waste of money.... Read more

  • Florian Urmetzer

    I would like to object to the proposed construction of a sewage plant on the Honey Hill sites, for multiple reasons: 1) The site is greenbelt land, and building on green belt land is contrary to... Read more

  • Luke Proctor

    I'm concerned about continued access to the right of way on Low Fen Drove Way (from High Ditch Road to Horningsea Road) which I use multiple times a week.

  • Margaret Wilson

    In a time of economic depression why are we moving a perfectly functional sewage works less than two miles into green belt land along with inferstructure covering many miles of green belt including a... Read more

  • Oana Stroe

    To whom it may concern, I am writing to you as a resident of Horningsea in Cambridgeshire to express my concerns regarding the relocation of the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant from the current... Read more

  • Quy Fen Trust (Quy Fen Trust)

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  • Richard McMahon

    I should like to object to the proposed relocation on the following points, which are widely shared: - There appears to have been no serious attempt to consider alternative approaches particularly... Read more

  • Stewart Holmes

    I am placing my objection to the relocation of the Cambridge Water treatment, sewage treatment center. I feel, there needs to be clearly outlined impact, which well be caused by this development.

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

    Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Planning Inspectorate Project Reference: WW010003 Relevant Representation: The Asplin Family objections 16th July 2023 1) The Anglian Water proposal... Read more

  • Wai Ming Lee

    Solid solution to prevent odour, pollution and sewage overflows and also the impacts on traffic and sewage charge should be provided for public to consider and comment.

  • Chris Carter-Chapman

    I strongly oppose the plans to demolish the existing sewage works and relocate it, less than a mile away from the current site, on green belt land. The arable farmland that will be lost is not... Read more

  • Ian Harvey

    My principal objection is that this is building on the Green Belt around Cambridge. All the reasons for preserving a Green Belt apply here: - loss of arable land, especially in an age when 'food... Read more

  • Sean Dixon

    I would like to register my objection to the relocation of the Cambridge Sewage works, and for that relocation to be to the Honey Hill site. I don’t believe that the sewage works needs to be relocated... Read more

  • Anna Edge

    The proposed relocation of the sewage works to green belt land is in my opinion wrong. It is not operationally necessary to move the sewage works. And is disingenuous to imply that the proposed new... Read more

  • Cara Griffith

    My parents live close to where Anglian Water want to relocate the sewage work. My objections are that it is unnecessary, and the cost of moving it could be spent on more vital projects required in and... Read more

  • CWWTPR -GDPR001

    The construction will block my cycle route to school. [Redacted]. The digging of the pipeline will make this impossible. I'm concerned children in the village will loose their independence. It will be... Read more

  • Gerald Edward Spraggs

    AW ‘About the Project’ states that storm sewer overflows and CSOs are ‘far less likely to occur’. What will be the new likelihood and risk? Where is the analysis to show minimisation of likelihood and... Read more

  • Hugh Robinson

    I wish to object on the grounds that the project is solely to facilitate the development for housing of the existing site. It does not make financial or environmental sense to move a functioning... Read more

  • Jack lambert

    Complete destruction of important wildlife habitat (greenbelt) already there's been a visible amount of disruption causing animals to flee towards the road and village this will only get worse and... Read more

  • James Barry

    This application is essentially an abuse of process, seeking to obtain hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to fund the completely unnecessary relocation of a perfectly well-functioning... Read more

  • John Cross

    Object to and request rejection of the proposed location of the site because: - Environmental consequences that will not manifest until after commencement of construction and long after completion of... Read more

  • John wilson

    Re sighting in green belt Unnessary waste of money at a time of economic hard times on an unessary project

  • Mrs J J Conroy

    RR 14-07-2023 Ref Anglian Water – Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Works Introduction The focus of this representation is on the Harm to Green Belt and Very Special Circumstances. The case is made that... Read more

  • Robert King

    I think the project will be a disaster for local wildlife and the effects of pollution will really affect my and my families well being

  • Sphere25 (Sphere25) on behalf of Trinity College Cambridge (Trinity College Cambridge)

    Trinity College Cambridge ( TCC) is the principal owner and custodian of Cambridge Science Park (CSP) located to the west of the Milton Road Wastewater Treatment Works. TCC understands the need to... Read more

  • UK Health Security Agency (UK Health Security Agency)

    Thank you for your consultation regarding the above development. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) welcomes the opportunity to comment on your proposals at this stage of the project. Please note... Read more

  • Bruce Marshall

    What a ridiculous waste of resources! There is a perfectly working sewage treatment plant at Milton which is fully working and was last upgraded in 2014. The scheme proposes to move the treatment... Read more

  • Caroline Benstead

    I live within a mile of this site but within the city boundary, I am disturbed to see this proposal as it will create much destruction of my local green area. Currently I can walk out of my home and... Read more

  • David John Adkin

    This proposal will be detrimental to the local Villages, Fens and wildlife.

  • Jayne Neale

    I object to the relocation of the sewage farm in Cambridge. The new location and creation of infrastructure to support it will totally wreck the village of Horningsea. We live at the waterbeach end of... Read more

  • John Benstead

    The proposed project to relocate the existing waste water and sewage treatment plant from Milton to a new green field site in Horningsea is completely unnecessary at the current time for the following... Read more

  • Roger Lemon

    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 approximately one mile down... Read more

  • Trevor Stanley Warnock

    Consultation on the move of the WWTP started with a Webinar. Having no idea what procedure would be followed, I simply followed the instructions. The first was to submit written questions. I submitted... Read more

  • Alan Alderson

    The 227 million pound proposed gift of tax payers money to a private company is ethically wrong. To move a fully functional sewage works that has sufficient capacity until 2050 does not make sense in... Read more

  • Elizabeth Caller

    I am concerned about the industrialisation of a green space that provides space for walking and recreation. It is the closest accessible countryside for one of the more deprived wards of Cambridge... Read more

  • Fenella Urmetzer

    I would like to object to the proposed construction of a sewage plant on the Honey Hill sites, for multiple reasons: 1) The site is greenbelt land, and building on green belt land is contrary to... Read more

  • Laurice Suess

    * I object to the plans to relocate the sewage works to Honey Hill. Anglian Water have stated that there is no operational need to move from the current site, the proposed new plant is not... Read more

  • Lindsay Jane Davies

    Representations in relation to the CWWT project I am writing as a resident of Horningsea. 1. I have made written submissions at each stage of the consultation process and attended a significant number... Read more

  • Rev Canon Judith Egar

    There is no operational need for the sewage works to move; the current site was upgraded and future proofed back in 2015 at a cost of over £20 million. The present capacity is adequate to cope with... Read more

  • Sandra Allen

    Building on Green Belt is contrary to national and local planning policies Construction and operational traffic between Horningsea and Fen Ditton Primary School will impact local traffic flow into and... Read more

  • Sophie Hyde

    It is inappropriate to site the sewage works on a greenfield site when the existing site is still adequate.

  • Angela Harper

    Building on Green Belt The daily impact the construction traffic will have on Grange Farm and the business working from there. Safety issues. The impact on the health of the residence of Grange Farm.... Read more

  • bpha Limited (bpha Limited)

    I'd like to register bpha Limited's interest relating to this application. At this stage we’re showing an interest as a result of the letter received advising that we may have land or buildings... Read more

  • Diana Johnson

    In my view this is looking to use using pristine Green Belt, which exists for the benefit of us all in Cambridge, as a convenient place to get the sewage works out of the way so that the existing site... Read more

  • Hilary Bristow-Smith

    It is not appropriate to move urban works like a sewage works to a rural area on the greenbelt, which is situated within a flat view as the land is on the edge of the fens. The beauty of the area will... Read more

  • Jennie Pratt

    I object fundamentally to the claim that this is an NSIP, to the proposed relocation of the Cambridge WWTP, and to the site selected between Horningsea and Fen Ditton. This is a land grab, effectively... Read more

  • Kwok Wai Cheung

    Objection to the proposed relocation of the waste water treatment plant to Honey Hill I am a new resident of CB5, a district that will be severely and adversely affected by the proposed move. I object... Read more

  • Mark Morris

    Objections to the relocation of Anglian Water’s WasteWater Treatment plant. The process has been flawed from the start. The initial screening process should have excluded the site because of building... Read more

  • Jennie Pratt on behalf of Mary Fishpool (Mary Fishpool)

    I think it is mad to consider demolishing a sewage works which is perfectly good and spend all that money moving it to Honey Hill. Also there is a water aquifer under Honey Hill which it is mad to put... Read more

  • Priya Kalia

    This will impact my day-to-day quality of life, living down the street from this development. I also swim in the Cam in Horningsea and fear this will destroy the water quality and make me ill. This... Read more

  • The British Horse Society (The British Horse Society)

    On behalf of The British Horse Society, I wish to object to the proposals put forward for the rights of way and recreational routes. • The proposed new Bridleway from Low Fen Drove to the existing... Read more