Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written statement – made at on 10 October 2024.
Steve Reed
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This statement concerns the application made under the Planning Act 2008 for the proposed development by Anglian Water for the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Project.
Under section 107(1) of the Planning Act 2008, the Secretary of State must make his decision within three months of receipt of the examining authority’s report unless exercising the power under section 107(3) to extend the deadline and make a statement to the House of Parliament announcing the new deadline. The Secretary of State received the examining authority’s report on the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Development Consent Order application on 12 July 2024 and the current deadline is 12 October 2024.
The deadline for the decision is to be extended to 12 January 2025 to allow additional time for Defra officials to conduct further consultation on emerging planning policy and analysis of responses to the consultation.
The decision to set a new deadline is without prejudice to the decision on whether to grant development consent.
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