Regulation 19 - Proposed Draft Local Plan Submission

Support

Representation ID: 14015

Received: 06/05/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services Ltd

AWS supports part 5.b. of HN05 and the need to ensure self and custom build housing does not increase water quality and pollution risks. These sites may be more likely to be brought forward in smaller communities served by descriptive permits WRCs. Consequently, AWS suggests the applicants are directed to early engagement with AWS to avoid the progression of schemes to which AWS would object.

Support

Representation ID: 14016

Received: 06/05/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services Ltd

AWS supports part 4.b. of HN06 and the need to ensure pitches & transit sites do not increase water quality and pollution risks. These sites may be more likely to be brought forward in smaller communities served by descriptive permits WRCs. Consequently, AWS suggests the applicants are directed to early engagement with AWS to avoid the progression of schemes to which AWS would object.

Support

Representation ID: 14018

Received: 06/05/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services Ltd

AWS supports the final bullet and the encouragement for renewables. AWS as part of our net zero strategy will be considering options for renewables across the 22 WRC sites.

Support

Representation ID: 14019

Received: 06/05/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services Ltd

AWS reiterates the need for development at Market Harborough including Great Bowden and Lubenham, Great Easton and Hallaton to be phased during the plan period to enable water recycling treatment capacity to be brought forward. The comment at paragraph 7.3 of ‘where there are sufficient services’ covers the general application of the policy provided the advice to developers on working with AWS as early as possible is included in earlier &/ or site-specific policy.

Support

Representation ID: 14021

Received: 06/05/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services Ltd

AWS reiterates that residential and other development in catchments served by WRC with descriptive permits will lead to an AWS objection. This will also apply to Policy AP03 unless the non- domestic wastewater is categorised as trade effluent and so may enable a developer to fund additional network and treatment capacity.

Support

Representation ID: 14022

Received: 06/05/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services Ltd

AWS supports the renewables and low carbon policy as this will support AWS net zero delivery and increase resilience for wastewater facilities if a storm or other event knocks out the mains electricity supply and as such is consistent with national policy.

Support

Representation ID: 14023

Received: 06/05/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services Ltd

AWS support the policy. As drafted the policy supports an objective view being taken by a Development Management officer faced with plans for a WRC or other piece of water sector infrastructure. The delivery of the infrastructure will be either to support growth &/or to enable improvements in environmental performance, such as improving water quality in the receiving watercourse. AWS supports the general provision at part i. to include water efficiency measures in new buildings. We would welcome this being expanded to include refurbishment and renovation of existing buildings which require planning approval.

Support

Representation ID: 14024

Received: 06/05/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services Ltd

AWS agrees that water and wastewater management are vital for health and well-being. Our position in phasing development to ensure sufficient WRC capacity is available is focused on the potential ecological impacts in the receiving watercourse. At the higher end of pollution incidents – which are few and far between – insufficient capacity in the sewerage network can lead to human health risk including from sewer flooding.

Support

Representation ID: 14025

Received: 06/05/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services Ltd

AWS welcomes that rainwater storage and reuse is front and centre of the sustainable drainage policy. The policy is clear, consistent with national policy and enables a betterment approach to be taken which ensures existing communities do not have an increased risk of flooding even with the known heightened risks from climate change. With reference to paragraph 8.27, AWS agrees the policy is justified as it is based on the 2024 Water Cycle Study.

Support

Representation ID: 14026

Received: 06/05/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services Ltd

AWS supports the focus on reducing carbon emissions in construction as part of the role of planning system is to mitigate climate change as well as to design to adapt to its impacts and increase resilience. AWS supports the water efficiency policy in part e. for residential and non-residential development. We recognise that the policy seeks to go beyond 110litres PCC and we with the Environment Agency and Natural England are planning to publish a Water Efficiency Protocol which goes beyond the 110 litres standard. AWS requests that the Council remain open to a modification to the Plan which secures higher levels of water efficiency. This may be in larger developments which have areas of SuDS or BNG which make development scale water management viable.