Grantham to Bexwell pipeline

We’re building a new 90km water pipeline between Grantham, Peterborough and Bexwell, near Downham Market.

It will increase reliability and reduce the number of homes and businesses which currently rely on a single pipeline for all their water needs.

Our teams have started pipelaying work and expect it to be complete by the end of 2024.

What we've done

We held an online engagement event in September 2021, to showcase our plans and ask for feedback.

A copy of the community newsletter, sent ahead of the event, is here.

Following the event, we dug trenches and boreholes along the planned route, and carried out archaeological surveys, to better understand conditions below the ground. You can read more about our ground investigation work here.

We submitted an Environmental Statement (ES), and a planning application, to the councils along the route in February 2022. Two of the five councils (North Kesteven District Council and South Kesteven District Council) have given us permission to begin our work in their areas.

The ES is part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process used to help protect the environment by providing local planning authorities with a detailed evaluation of what effects the pipeline will have on the environment. This enables planning authorities to be fully aware of the broader environmental picture when they decide whether to grant planning permission.

Our impact

We will work hard to keep the impact on communities along the route, and the environment, to a minimum. 
 
If you would like to contact us about the pipeline, or have any questions or queries about our planned work, please email strategicpipelines@anglianwater.co.uk. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Will you let communities know if and when they’re likely to be impacted?

The initial route planning takes account of sensitive environmental and historic sites. We involve landowners, environmental and archaeology specialists and local parish councils to challenge the route and identify alternative options or variations. The engineers assess the ability to build along a corridor and how the pipeline will join and affect the existing water network.

How exactly will you let us know?

We aim to reach the widest cross-section of stakeholders through our communications and engagement activity. We will adopt a variety of techniques and channels to reach people of different backgrounds, ethnicities and ages and this will be reflected in the supporting detailed engagement plans for each project. The engagement will be proportionate to each specific pipeline project and will vary dependent on its scale, sensitivity and consenting route.

What about the environmental impact of your work?

Where it is deemed that a scheme has the potential for significant environmental impact, this would then be subject to a planning application and an Environmental Impact Assessment. This means we would need to submit an Environmental Statement with the planning application to the relevant local planning authorities to obtain consent to build the scheme.

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Grantham to Bexwell pipeline