A great deal of concerns for many years, allowing operator(s) to discharge without permit or testing in place…..only by lobbying by myself and primarily one resident + Saxongate, this latest and hopefully with rigorous monitoring and testing, the public may be confident that all saftey regarding any discharges are upheld.
Below – from The Environment Agency (EA)
We have been finalising the Discharge Permit for East Midlands Waste Management (EMWM) to ensure there are robust conditions in place to keep this discharge safe and compliant. I am now writing to let you know that the Discharge Permit has been finalised and will be issued today.
This has taken longer than we would have liked to finalise due to the complexity of the regulation requirements, however we are confident that the regulation of this permit will be robust enough to prevent an impact to the environment. It will enable closer monitoring of the discharge and gives us greater powers to stop the discharge if there is evidence of environmental harm. This approach should give the local community assurance that this activity is being appropriately regulated and monitored. You can read more about our approach in the attached briefing.
The briefing will be shared with the community and other interested parties, and we will ensure that we provide updated information about our regulation of Saxon Pit operators on our Engagement HQ site which is now available to the wider public:
Whittlesey Quarry (Saxon Pit) | Engage Environment Agency
Kind Regards.
Warren (Dougie) Douglas on behalf of Andrew Raine – Area Environment Manager (Ely).
2026 02 11 - Saxon Pit Discharge Permit Community Briefing
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