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FENS RESERVOIR UPDATE

Why we need a new reservoir |
Consultation overview |
What happens next
Your feedback |
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Phase one consultation – an overview
The purpose of During our consultation, we Wimblington, as well as webinars, WHAT YOU FED BACK ON
the phase one worked closely with stakeholders all of which were well attended. It We’ve received really valuable feedback covering a broad range of themes and topics.
was great to meet local community
and the public to discuss our
consultation was proposals, answer questions and members and was a valuable way for The chart below shows a breakdown of the comments we received.
us to hear what people had to say.
encourage their feedback.
to gather feedback
and information on Your local knowledge is very In our autumn consultation we General (about the project and
asked for your feedback on two
valuable. It helps us to further
our early proposals understand any potential impacts key parts of our proposals – the Consultation 12% the two companies’ strategic
resource plans) 9%
to inform ongoing and opportunities, and what features area we had identified for the
you’d like to see included as the
reservoir and a design concept.
design development. design for the reservoir develops. Proposed site (pink
We also asked you if there was Transport and Traffic 6% and grey areas) 7%
The 10 week consultation took anything else you considered
place between 12 October 2022 important and for your views
to 21 December 2022. We held on the way we consulted.
a series of consultation events
around Chatteris, Doddington and
Design and design
concept 15%
Socio-economic 20%
HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED
Attendees to Total Engineering &
events and Environment 25% construction 6%
feedback
webinars: submissions: 349
552
people INCLUDING:
278 from including local people,
elected representatives and
individuals
other members of the public.
Website including local authorities, “Fenland District Council are very keen to work with
Anglian Water and Cambridge Water and other stakeholders
visitors: 35 from interest groups and to ensure that adverse effects are limited and the
organisations specialist bodies.
optimum benefits from the reservoir are realised.”
35,000 36 from affected including property owners - Fenland District Council
and occupiers within the
parties
pink and grey areas.

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