Proposed Housing and Mixed-Use Site Allocations

Comment

Representation ID: 4586

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water

Cumulatively growth at Stamford including those sites proposed in Rutland can be accommodated at the Stamford WRC (located in Peterborough’s administrative area). The progression of sites means that AWS is bring forward schemes to upgrade the foul network and pumping stations serving the catchment. At this time AWS does not consider a policy Requirement is needed for the three Stamford to ensure those works are demonstrably completed, nor is a Requirement currently needed to cover the planned water supply enhancements. The water supply constraints refenced above (3.18) for employment uses would apply to high water demand industrial/ commercial processes at the Stamford Gateway mixed use site. AWS therefore requests a similar advisory to developers/ applicants to contact planningliaison@anglianwater.co.uk at the earliest opportunity for advice on water supply and wastewater options.

Comment

Representation ID: 4587

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water

The planned residential growth at Bourne, along with allocated sites at Morton and Thurlby in the Bourne WRC catchment will use up the remaining headroom at the Bourne WRC by the end of the Plan period. AWS agrees that there is no current need to include a WRC capacity policy Requirement for the Bourne sites. The hydrology of the area though will require developers to engage early with AWS on the possible sustainable points of connection to the foul network.
AWS recommends that given climate change and annual fluctuations to flows in catchments that the Plan includes a general informative i.e. not one specific to Bourne sites to developers to engage early with AWS. This will in part enable sufficient lead in times for solutions to be identified and brought forward, funded as necessary by developers or by AWS as strategic improvements to the foul network.

Comment

Representation ID: 4588

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water

AWS’s assessment of average flows to the Deepings WRC over the past five years indicates that in the medium term, WRC capacity will be a constraint on growth. The one-year flows approach along with consideration of sites currently in construction and likely to connect this year, which is used by AWS’s Developer Services team, suggests that if an application were to be determined this year by SKDC, AWS would though not object. As the six sites in Deepings WRC catchment totalling circa 2,100 homes in the Plan come forward it is likely though that the flow capacity will be utilised or the proceeding year’s flows will result in an Objection to the application. A best-case scenario is that this may not occur until 2029, although this depends on the progression of sites through the planning system.
AWS recommends that the five Deepings sites and Langtoft site have a site-specific Policy requiring applicants to confirm wastewater capacity available is available. Together with the early engagement advisory (4.6 above), this will enable AWS to seek regulatory approval for investment in this current draft plan period (up to 2029) for works in AMP9 (2030-35) and seek permit approval from the Environment Agency early in the 2030s.

Comment

Representation ID: 4589

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water

Recommends a site-specific Policy requiring applicants to confirm wastewater capacity available is available. Together with the early engagement advisory (4.6 above), this will enable AWS to seek regulatory approval for investment in this current draft plan period (up to 2029) for works in AMP9 (2030-35) and seek permit approval from the Environment Agency early in the 2030s.

Comment

Representation ID: 4590

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water

• Recommends a site-specific Policy requiring applicants to confirm wastewater capacity available is available. Together with the early engagement advisory (4.6 above), this will enable AWS to seek regulatory approval for investment in this current draft plan period (up to 2029) for works in AMP9 (2030-35) and seek permit approval from the Environment Agency early in the 2030s.

Comment

Representation ID: 4591

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water

• Recommends a site-specific Policy requiring applicants to confirm wastewater capacity available is available. Together with the early engagement advisory (4.6 above), this will enable AWS to seek regulatory approval for investment in this current draft plan period (up to 2029) for works in AMP9 (2030-35) and seek permit approval from the Environment Agency early in the 2030s.

Comment

Representation ID: 4592

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water

• Recommends a site-specific Policy requiring applicants to confirm wastewater capacity available is available. Together with the early engagement advisory (4.6 above), this will enable AWS to seek regulatory approval for investment in this current draft plan period (up to 2029) for works in AMP9 (2030-35) and seek permit approval from the Environment Agency early in the 2030s.

Comment

Representation ID: 4593

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water

• Recommends a site-specific Policy requiring applicants to confirm wastewater capacity available is available. Together with the early engagement advisory (4.6 above), this will enable AWS to seek regulatory approval for investment in this current draft plan period (up to 2029) for works in AMP9 (2030-35) and seek permit approval from the Environment Agency early in the 2030s.

Comment

Representation ID: 4594

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water

• Recommends a site-specific Policy requiring applicants to confirm wastewater capacity available is available. Together with the early engagement advisory (4.6 above), this will enable AWS to seek regulatory approval for investment in this current draft plan period (up to 2029) for works in AMP9 (2030-35) and seek permit approval from the Environment Agency early in the 2030s.

Comment

Representation ID: 4595

Received: 27/08/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water

AWS recognises the social and economic needs for residential growth in larger villages and in the main this can be supported following the sustainability hierarchy which seeks to utilise existing infrastructure capacity first. The RAG table (3.12 above) identifies that growth at five of the villages/ WRC catchments can use existing WRC capacity. New homes at Billingborough, Colsterworth, Corby Glen, Harlaxton and Long Bennington at the scale proposed is therefore a lower carbon/ more sustainable location for growth. Two villages – Ancaster and South Witham – would if applications came forward currently using 2024 flow data, result in an AWS objection to protect the water environment. Growth in Ancaster and South Witham should therefore be phased for later in the Plan period to enable AWS to seek regulator approval to invest in WRC capacity.
Two other villages – Claypole and Edenham – have planned AWS growth schemes for the WRC and so if applications came forward before those schemes were operational (by 2030 at the latest) then a pre-occupation condition would be required to ensure the additional WRC capacity was in place to protect water quality.
Barkston, Barrowby and Great Gonerby are in the Grantham catchment, Baston and Langtoft are in the Deeping WRC catchment and Morton and Thurlby in the Bourne catchment and so are considered above in the respective Market Town comments.