18,771 new homes in the east of England were being held back by a lack of water infrastructure

These schemes have now been unlocked following a deal between Anglian Water and the government’s Water Delivery Taskforce.  After the water company objected to several large-scale developments due to concerns over wastewater treatment capacity, the Taskforce brought together local planning authorities, regulators and Anglian Water to agree a path forward.  The company is now working with developers and planning authorities at an earlier stage in the process to enable large scale developments of over 500 homes, allowing infrastructure upgrades to be funded and delivered in a phased way over multiple investment cycles.