Cambridge - Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Order
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Notice Of Compulsory Acquisition Under Section 134(7) Of The Planning Act 2008
The Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Order 2025
Notice Of Authorisation Of Compulsory Acquisition
The above Order, made under the Planning Act 2008 by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (“the Secretary of State”) and published on 8th April 2025, includes provisions authorising the compulsory acquisition of land, and of rights over land by creating new rights over it as well as by acquiring rights already in existence, as described in Schedule 1.
The Order includes provision authorising the acquisition for the purpose of the construction, operation, protection and maintenance of the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Project (the “CWWTPRP”), which involves the construction of a new waste water treatment plant and sludge treatment centre together with the associated waste water and final effluent transfer infrastructure, comprising a waste water transfer tunnel from the existing Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant to the new waste water treatment plant, final effluent and storm pipeline with an outfall to the River Cam, and two new pipelines (rising mains) (the Waterbeach Pipeline) from the Waterbeach New Town development area off Bannold Drove (Waterbeach) to the new waste water treatment plant or to the existing Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant.
A copy of the Order has been deposited at the following locations and may be inspected during the times stated.
| Mandela House 4 Regent Street Cambridge CB2 1BY Opening times: Wednesday to Friday 9am to 5.15pm |
Brown’s Field Community Centre 31A Green End Road Cambridge CB4 1RU Opening times: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm |
The Order granting development consent, copies of the Secretary of State’s decision letter and the Examining Authority’s report of its recommendation are available to view online through the Planning Inspectorate website at: https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/WW010003.
Anglian Water Services Limited’s Statement of Reasons, which explains the compulsory acquisition powers, and the Land Plans showing the land affected by those powers may also be viewed online via the same hyperlink.
If you require a hard copy of the above-mentioned documents you may request this free of charge by contacting Savills at 132-134 Hills Road Cambridge CB2 8PA (reference: Anglian Water).
A person aggrieved by the Order may challenge the Order only in accordance with section 118 of the Planning Act 2008, which stipulates that any proceeding must be brought by filing a claim form for judicial review before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day on which the Order was published (or, if later, the day on which the statement of reasons for making the Order is published).
Once the provision in the Order authorising compulsory acquisition comes into force Anglian Water Services Limited may acquire any of the land (including any existing rights and/or new rights) described in Schedule 1 below by executing a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981. A statement on the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of that Act is set out in Schedule 2.
Any person who would be entitled to claim compensation if a general vesting declaration were executed is invited to give information about the person’s name, address and interest in land, using the prescribed form, to Anglian Water Services Limited, care of Ian Cutts at Savills at: Unex House, 132-134 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PA or cwwtpr@savills.com. The prescribed form is set out in Schedule 3 below.
SCHEDULE 1
Description Of The Land, Existing Rights And The New Rights
The Order land is shown on the Land Plans and described in the Book of Reference (such terms are defined in Article 2 of the Order). Under the powers granted in the Order, Anglian Water Services Limited (being the undertaker as defined in Article 2 of the Order) may acquire compulsorily:
(a) so much of the Order land as is specified by Article 26 (compulsory acquisition of land) of the Order for the authorised development (as defined in Article 2 of the Order), or to facilitate it, or as is incidental to it; and
(b) such rights over the Order land, by creating them as well as by acquiring rights already in existence, or impose such restrictive covenants over the Order land, as is authorised by Article 28 (compulsory acquisition of rights and imposition of restrictive covenants) of the Order.
For land which is shown shaded blue or brown on the Land Plans, in which only new rights are to be acquired or restrictive covenants to be imposed, the purpose for which those new rights may be acquired and restrictive covenants may be imposed is described in Schedule 10 to the Order and includes:
(a) Waste Water Treatment Plant Permanent Access Rights
(b) Waterbeach Pipeline Permanent Access Rights
(c) Waterbeach Pipeline Rights
(d) Waterbeach Pipeline Restrictive Covenant
(e) Waterbeach Pipeline Permanent Drainage Rights
(f) Transfer Tunnel Restrictive Covenant
(g) Final Effluent and Storm Pipeline Rights
(h) Final Effluent and Storm Pipeline Restrictive Covenant
(i) Rising and Gravity Main Diversion Rights
(j) River Cam rights
(k) River Cam restrictive covenant
(l) Decommissioning Works Rights
Anglian Water Services Limited may also temporarily use the Order land to carry out the authorised development (as defined in Article 2 of the Order) pursuant to Article 35 of the Order and may temporarily use the Order land to maintain the authorised development pursuant to Article 36 of the Order.
The land subject to powers of compulsory acquisition is as described in the tables below.
| LAND TO BE ACQUIRED | |
|---|---|
| Plot numbers of land as shown on the Land Plans relating to the Order as made |
Description of land (shown shaded pink on the Land Plans) |
| 003a, 003b, 003c | Substations within Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant, Cowley Road, Cambridge |
| 006a | Part of waste processing facility on the eastern side of Cowley Road, Cambridge |
| 007a | Land used as a public footpath (Fen Ditton 85/8) lying immediately to the north of A14, in the vicinity of Poplar Hall Farm, Cambridge |
| 019a | Bed of the River Cam east of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 021p | Grassland with a public footpath (Fen Ditton 85/6) forming part of Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 021r, 021s | Parts of an arable field forming part of Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 022b | Woodland and public footpath (Fen Ditton 85/8) immediately adjacent and to the north of the A14 |
| 033a | Part of verge, hedge, track and overhead power lines between Low Fen Drove Way and Station Road, Stow-cum-Quy, Cambridge |
| 035a | Part of track, verge, hedge and overhead power lines between Low Fen Drove Way and Station Road, Stow-cum-Quy, Cambridge |
| 036a | Arable, bare land and overhead power lines forming part of Parsonage Farm, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 036b | Arable land, track and tree belt forming part of Parsonage Farm, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 037a, 037b, 037c, 037d | Arable land with private tracks and roadway forming part of Mulberry Farm, High Ditch Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 038a | Arable land, concrete pads, tracks, hedges and overhead power lines forming part of Quy Land at Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 038b | Arable land and trees forming part of Quy Land at Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| LAND OVER WHICH ONLY NEW RIGHTS ARE TO BE ACQUIRED OR RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS IMPOSED | |
| Plot numbers of land as shown on the Land Plans relating to the Order as made |
Description of land (shown shaded blue on the Land Plans) |
| 001a | Adopted highway (Cowley Road), cycleway and verge |
| 002a | Part of hedge and garden |
| 002b | Residential property with outbuildings and garden |
| 002c | Office with garden |
| 003d | Substation at Waste Water Treatment Plant, Cowley Road, Cambridge |
| 003e | Telecommunications tower, substation and associated facilities at Waste Water Treatment Plant, Cowley Road, Cambridge |
| 004a | Car park, storage area and trees at Cowley Road, Cambridge |
| 004b | Residential property at Cowley Road, Cambridge |
| 004c | Residential property at Cowley Road, Cambridge |
| 004d | Residential property at Cowley Road, Cambridge |
| 005d, 005e, 005f, 005g | Part of drainage ditch, banks and overhead power lines to the west of the Cambridge to King’s Lynn railway line and west of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 005j | Part of drainage ditch, banks and overhead power lines to the north west of Cowley Road Industrial Estate, Cambridge |
| 006b, 006c | Parts of waste processing facility and overhead power lines on the eastern side of Cowley Road, Cambridge |
| 008b, 008c, 008e, 008g |
Parts of the Cambridge to King’s Lynn railway line on the east side of Cowley Road, Cambridge |
| 009a | Verge and ditch to the north west of Cowley Road Industrial Estate, Cambridge |
| 010a | Land to the east of the First Public Drain located to the north west of Cowley Road Industrial Estate, Cambridge |
| 011a | Part of concrete yard, with palisade fencing at 71 Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0DN |
| 012b, 012c, 012d, 012e, 012f, 012g, 012i, 012k, 012l |
Land and overhead power lines on the western side of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 013b, 013c, 013d, 013e, 013h, 013j, 013k, 013l |
Adopted highway (Fen Road, Cambridge), verge and overhead power lines |
| 015b, 015c, 015d, 015e, 015f |
Grassland adjoining Northern Bridge Farm, Fen Road, Chesterton, Cambridge |
| 016a | Land forming part of Northern Bridge Farm, Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 017b, 017c, 017d | Ditch lying to the west of the River Cam, and east of Northern Bridge Farm, Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 018b, 018c, 018d | River towpath with public footpath (Milton 162/1) forming part of The Halingway, Chesterton, Cambridge adjacent to the River Cam and to the east of Northern Bridge Farm, Fen Road, Chesterton, Cambridge |
| 019c, 019d, 019e, 019k, 019l, 019n |
Part of the bed of the River Cam east of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 020b | Part of house, track and grassland forming part of Red House Close and footpath Fen Ditton 85/6, Green End, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 020c | Part of grassland and track forming part of Red House Close and footpath Fen Ditton 85/6, Green End, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 021d, 021f, 021h, 021m, 021o, 021u, 021w |
Arable field, woodland and overhead power lines forming part of Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 021n | Grassland and public footpath Fen Ditton 85/6 forming part of Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 022c | Part of track, verge, embankment, adopted highway B1047 (Horningsea Road) and electrical equipment |
| 022d, 022e, 034c | Part of verge, embankment and adopted highway B1047 (Horningsea Road) to the south of Junction 34 of the A14 |
| 027b, 027c, 027d, 027e, 034d |
Part carriageway, verge and embankment of A14 to the south east of Junction 34, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 028a | Part of verge, embankment and adopted highway B1047 (Horningsea Road) |
| 031d | Part of adopted highway (Low Fen Drove Way) |
| 032b, 032c, 032d, 032e, 032f | Part of arable field to the east of B1047 (Horningsea Road), Cambridge |
| 034e | Part of verge, embankment and adopted highway B1047 (Horningsea Road) to the north of Junction 34 of the A14 |
| 036c, 036e | Part of arable field to the north of Low Fen Drove Way forming part of Parsonage Farm, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 038c | Arable land and overhead power lines to the west of Horningsea Road and north of the A14 forming part of Parsonage Farm, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 039a | Part of arable field and public footpath Horningsea 130/6 to the east of Clayhithe Road forming part of Gayton Farm, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 042a | Part of arable field and public footpath Horningsea 130/8 to the north of Horningsea forming part of Manor Farm, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 044a | Part of arable field, tracks and public footpath Horningsea 130/10 to the east of Clayhithe Road forming part of Grange Farm, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 046a | Part of arable field, public footpaths Horningsea 130/10 and 130/16, overhead power lines to the south of Hartridge’s Lane forming part of Riverside Farm, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 046b | Part of arable field to the north of Hartridge’s Lane forming part of Riverside Farm, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 047a | Part of a private roadway forming part of Hatridge’s Lane |
| 051a | Part of ditch lying to the south east of the River Cam and Burgess Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 052a | Grassland with flood defence, footpath (Horningsea 130/13), riverbank and overhead power lines lying to the south east of Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 053a | Bed of the River Cam and overhead power lines lying to the south east of Burgess Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 054a | Grassed area with overhead power lines and riverbank to south east of Burgess Drove and north east of Cambridge Sailing Club, Waterbeach, Cambridge Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 055a | Grassland with flood defences, a bridleway (Waterbeach Fen Rivers Way 247/10), drainage ditches, hedges and overhead power lines to the north east of Cambridge Sailing Club |
| 056a | Grassland, hedges and overhead power lines to the south of Burgess Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 057a | Land with bridleway (Waterbeach Fen Rivers Way 247/10) and hedges on western bank of River Cam to the south of Burgess Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 058a, 058e | Part of adopted highway (Burgess Drove) and overhead power lines to the south of Bannold Road and north of Hall Crest Farm |
| 059a | Track on the eastern side of Burgess Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 060a, 060b | Part of arable field on the eastern side of Burgess’s Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 061a | Grassland on the western side of Burgess’s Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 062a | Scrubland and hedge to the west of Burgess Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 063a | Land and hedges to the west of Burgess Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 064a | Horticultural land, grassland, orchard and overhead telecommunication infrastructure to the west of Burgess Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 065a | Adopted highway (Bannold Road) and overhead power lines to the east of a level crossing on the Cambridge to King’s Lynn railway line |
| 066a | Part of arable field and overhead power lines on the northern side of Bannold Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 068a | Drain on the north side of Bannold Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 069a | Part of arable field and overhead power lines on the eastern side of Bannold Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 070b | Arable land and concrete pad to the west of Bannold Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge and east of Waterbeach Waste Water Treatment Plant, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 071b, 071c, 071d | Parts of adopted highway (Bannold Drove) |
| 072a | Part of Waterbeach Water Recycling Centre and overhead power lines, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 072b | Hedge, ditch and track leading to, and part of, Waterbeach Water Recycling Centre, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| 074c | Part of the Cambridge to King’s Lynn railway line on the eastern side of Bannold Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| Plot numbers of land as shown on the Land Plans relating to the Order as made |
Description of land (shown shaded brown on the Land Plans) |
| 012j | Grassland and hedges on the western side of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 014a | Private roadway on the western side of Fen Road, Chesterton, Cambridge |
| 021a | Part of track leading to Poplar Hall and Poplar Hall Farm Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, part of arable field forming part of Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road and overhead power lines, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 021j, 021v | Parts of arable field forming part of Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 021q | Part of track leading to Poplar Hall and Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 022h | Paved area underneath A14 bridge over the River Cam |
| 022i | Part of track leading to Poplar Hall and Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 026a | Part of track with verges leading to Jessie’s Hens, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 029a | Land north of the track to the west of, and leading to, Jessie’s Hens, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 036f | Part of arable field to the north of Low Fen Drove Way forming part of Parsonage Farm, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 038d | Arable land forming part of Quy Land at Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 039c | Concrete yards, tracks, hedges and trees forming part of Gayton Farm, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 042d | Part of arable field, private track, footpath (Horningsea 130/10), a bridleway (Horningsea 130/8), trees and drainage ditches forming part of Manor Farm, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 044d | Concrete yards, tracks, hedges and trees forming part of Grange Farm, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 047d | Part of Hartridge’s Lane at Riverside Farm, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 050a | Land forming part of Hartridge’s Lane at Northfields Farm, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge |
| 056d | Grassland to the south of Burgess Drove, Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| LAND OF WHICH ONLY SUBSOIL MORE THAN 7 METRES BENEATH THE SURFACE MAY BE ACQUIRED WITH NEW RIGHTS AND/OR RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS IMPOSED |
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| Plot numbers of land as shown on the Land Plans relating to the Order as made |
Description of land (shown shaded pink on the Land Plans) |
| 005a | Part of drainage ditch and bank to the north west of Cowley Road Industrial Estate, Cambridge |
| 005b | Part of drainage ditch and banks to the west of the Cambridge to King’s Lynn railway line and west of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 008a | Part of the Cambridge to King’s Lynn railway line to the west of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 012a, 012m | Grassland, overhead power lines, and hedges west of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 013a, 013i | Adopted highway with overhead power lines and verges east of Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant |
| 015a | Grassland, overhead power lines, and hedges east of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 017a | Ditch lying to the west of the River Cam east of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 018a | River towpath with public footpath (Milton 162/1) forming part of The Halingway, Chesterton, Cambridge adjacent to the River Cam and to the east of Northern Bridge Farm, Fen Road, Chesterton, Cambridge |
| 019b | Bed of the river Cam east of Fen Road, and west of Poplar Hall Farm, Cambridge |
| 020a | A garden, a public footpath (ref 85/6), river bank, hedges and trees east of Fen Road, Cambridge |
| 021c | Part of an arable field with overhead power lines forming part of Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 021e | Part of an arable field with hedges and overhead power lines forming part of Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 021k | Grassland, a public footpath (Fen Ditton 85/6), riverbank and hedges forming part of Poplar Hall Farm |
| 021l, 021t | Part of an arable field forming part of Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
| 022a | Adopted highway B1047 (Horningsea Road), pavement, verges and embankment |
| 027a | A14 carriageway, verges and embankment east of B1047 (Horningsea Road), Cambridge |
| 032a | Part of arable field to the east of B1047 (Horningsea Road), Cambridge |
| 034a | Part of embankment of B1047 Horningsea Road, Cambridge to the east of Poplar Hall Farm, Horningsea Road, Cambridge |
Anglian Water Services Limited
25 April 2025
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