Strategic Land Availability Assessment (SLAA) Draft Methodology Consultation

3.4 Anglian Water welcomes the inclusion of infrastructure and green infrastructure to the wider range of uses considered in the SLAA. This helps to ensure that the Local Plan is able to plan holistically and ensure that critical infrastructure can be delivered in a timely way to support sustainable growth. We would suggest that this list could also be broadened to include sites for renewable energy.

Table 2 – Initial survey constraints: Anglian Water recognise that some high level assessment is required to identify available and deliverable sites. However, the constraints should also consider that different conclusions may arise depending on the intended use of the site. Sites for infrastructure would not necessarily meet the same criteria as for residential development - for example, in terms of our water recycling infrastructure, it is considered less vulnerable in terms of flood risk.

3.29 – we agree that the site suitability can be considered in terms of where any constraints can be overcome through reasonable mitigation.

3.31 – Anglian Water suggests that the term infrastructure is broad but generally will provide a wider role in supporting existing communities and future growth.