Save Honey Hill Group

Right under our noses, a crime against our environment is taking place. Anglian Water is applying to move a fully-functioning sewage works less than a mile to a new location on arable farmland in the Green Belt at Honey Hill between the villages of Fen Ditton, Horningsea and Quy. This private water company is being funded by £227 million of public money1.

Save Honey Hill is a community group formed to reject the proposal to relocate the Cambridge sewage treatment works from Milton to Honey Hill, a beautiful unspoilt, quality green field and arable site and an entry point to Wicken Fen. Honey Hill is in Green Belt land which forms part of an essential green lung around Cambridge.

Update May 24th 2023 The Planning Inspectorate has accepted the DCO application

After withdrawing its application in February, Anglian Water resubmitted it on the 2nd May and the Planning Inspectorate accepted it on the 24th May. You will be able to register as an Interested Party (so you can object!) from 14th June. In the meantime, we strongly urge you to sign up to receive updates from the Planning Inspectorate.

Sign up for updates

As we come to understand the application more, this website will be updated to alert you to any particular issues which we feel are pertinent together with full and clear instructions on how to object below.

  1. HIF Award of £227 to unlock 9000 homes – Chancellors Autumn 2020 Statement/Spending Review p38 [↩]

Tips on how to Object

How to object to Anglian Water’s DCO application to relocate the sewage works

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has accepted Anglian Water’s application to relocate the sewage works for Examination and has published the application documents .

The Planning Inspectors (also called Examining Authority or ExAs) will be appointed soon.

The Save Honey Hill Strategy team is currently reviewing over 200 documents and putting together objections to submit to the Planning Inspectors. As we understand more, this website will be updated to alert you to any particular issues within the application which we feel are pertinent.

We will update this page as soon as you are able to register as an Interested Party and make a Relevant Representation (objection) yourself.

According to the Planning Inspectorate’s website this will be from Wednesday 14 June 2023.

Until then we strongly urge you to sign up for updates from the Planning Inspectorate. They will send you an email automatically as soon as you are able to register and make an objection (Relevant Representation). They will also notify you of when the Preliminary Meeting will be held.

ANYONE CAN REGISTER AND OBJECT!

Drop in sessions

The Save Honey Hill group has scheduled drop in sessions (see below) where you will have the opportunity to meet members of the SHH team who will be on hand to answer your questions, show you how to object, and also why you should object!

  • Monday 19th June – Horningsea Village Hall – 6pm to 10pm
  • Saturday 24th June – East Barnwell Community Centre – 2pm to 6pm

Refreshments will be available, the latest song by the Crap Community Choir, which has recently been released, will be screened, and we also hope to have drone footage of Honey Hill to remind everyone why it is so important to HAVE YOUR SAY!