Support

Representation ID: 4288

Received: 18/07/2025

Respondent: Forncett Parish Council

Forncett Parish Council welcomes this policy which seeks to minimise destruction of natural habitat, scenery, natural features etc and mitigate and moderate the effects and impacts of energy infrastructure development.

Support

Representation ID: 4372

Received: 01/09/2025

Respondent: Anglian Water Services

7 Policy DM 4.6: Landscape Setting of Norwich
Anglian Water's Whitlingham water recycling centre and sludge treatment centre is within the
Norwich Southern Bypass Protection Zone (NSBPZ). As an existing critical infrastructure site within
the NSBPZ, there will need to be some balance between the aims of protecting the openness of the zone with our associated net zero ambitions, the continued expansion to increase capacity to accommodate wastewater and sludge treatment, and other legislative requirements that need to be met. Whitlingham WRC is also used to provide latent heat from our low carbon heat source to heat
large tomato greenhouses, demonstrating the breadth of renewable and low carbon energy sources
and opportunities that can be provided by wastewater treatment, including to support low carbon
farming. Anglian Water welcomes the reference in the SPD (para. 7.2.8) that AD plants proposed at
sewage works would be accepted as they are constrained in their locations. We agree that our water
recycling centres and sludge treatment centres are critical infrastructure sites where renewable
energy development is an essential factor of the site operation (e.g. Anaerobic digestion)