Protect the Green Belt
Cambridge City Council issued a statement on its website yesterday.
The Save Honey Hill team is glad to hear that any profit from land sale would go into affordable housing – hopefully as part of the North East Cambridge Area Action Plan (NECAAP) where it could benefit local people1.
You can read more about the planned development at the core site (Anglian Water’s current site at Cowley Road) on the Hartree website.
Here is some drone footage of the site that Anglian Water proposes moving the sewage works to. It shows various views of the site from different aspects.
Don’t want them to spoil some agricultural land? Go object before the 19th July.
The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) is now accepting registrations (from Weds 14th June) from anybody to comment (objection/Relevant Representation) on Anglian Water’s application to relocate the sewage works to Green Belt.
The time window when you are able to register as an Interested Party and make a Relevant Representation (objection) is short.
Wednesday, 14 June to Wednesday, 19th July 2023.
After the 23:59 on the 19th July you will no longer be able to register.
There will be no further opportunity to do so either. This is your LAST CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT.
However, if you register and submit a Relevant Representation before the 19th July, then you will be able to submit further comments at a later stage.
We have put together suggestions on what you can object to, and what you cannot comment on.
We will also be submitting relevant representations as a group and also as individuals. As we become more familiar with the procedure we will update this page with clear and concise instructions on what you need to do.
Come and sing with the Crap Community Choir on the 21st of June at 17:45 next to Jesus Green Lock on the River Cam as going in with many other groups around Cambridge to help Friends of the River Cam redeclare the Rights of The River Cam.
Everybody welcome! Arrive at around 17.45 to sing after 18:00 and we will also be telling everyone how to OBJECT!
The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) have updated the DCO application page to say that you will be able to register to become an Interested Party and object between Wednesday 14 June and Wednesday 19th July 2023.
You need to register to be able to object.
We are currently reviewing the many documents that form part of Anglian Water’s DCO application and will keep updating our page on “How to Object” as we understand more.
It would appear that the core site at NECAAP has undergone a rebranding. Town and U+I had a stall at Strawberry Fair today where they were proudly showcasing the plans for ‘Hartree’.
Here are some of the visuals on display:
For me what really stuck in the gullet was the one titled ‘A Day at Hartree’ which looks at possible future resident profiles. It talks about key workers alongside couples who have moved from London alongside ‘global citizens’ from other countries. I wonder if key workers really will be able to afford these apartments, and if it is attracting couples from London and further afield, how can the development be addressing the housing shortage that locals are experiencing.
I spoke to one of the people manning the stall who said that the sewage works relocation and Hartree are two completely separate projects while in the same breath saying that without the sewage works moving the development wouldn’t be able to go ahead. He refused to accept they are linked and we had to agree to disagree in the end but it was all relatively good humoured debate.
I also pointed out that they were stretching it to describe the development as good for the planet, “an exemplar for development fit for the challenges for the 21st Century, enabling sustainable lifestyles, enhancing nature and accelerating the transition to a net zero carbon world.” I pointed out that they were being, at best, disingenuous and that in no way can this development be described as exemplary development fit for the blah! blah! if it depends on moving a fully functioning sewage works (one that was ‘future-proofed’ a few years back to the tune of over £20m) to Green Belt, arable farmland and pouring millions of tonnes of concrete onto a principal chalk aquifer into the bargain.
Anyways, if you have the opportunity to put anyone straight on the development and what the consequences are, I hope some of this helps with your argument.
Catherine Morris