Whittlesey Quarry (Saxon Pit)

A new platform for engagement

The Environment Agency has created a new Engagement HQ (EHQ) page to host information on operations within Saxon Pit in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. We will share ideas and raise questions with other regulating bodies such as Cambridgeshire County and Fenland County Councils to develop further understanding of issues and concerns from the residents. We will work on frequently asked questions (FAQ's) and answer them in a timely manner and add any relevant documents and photographs associated with these operations.

We are opening this page and it's resources to regulators, stakeholders and the public. We hope that by working with you, and those you are representing, we can further enhance and develop the content.

We will be making this page available in January 2026.

There will be times when the page will be withdrawn for updates, but we will inform you all when these will take place. We are currently waiting for the permit for discharge consent. As soon as it is available, it will be placed on the right side of the page together with a public briefing note.

What we can do

This platform will allow us to send you information on our regulation on Saxon Pit, this can include photographs, documents and inspection reports. We can also substantiate a report of amenity from the public through our National Incident Reporting System (NIRS) on the EA Hotline number - 0800 807060. These reports are associated with complaints about noise, dust, odour, including reports of water pollution and again, we can update you on those complaints on this platform.

What we can't do

We can't comment on current ongoing investigations and the same applies to regulating against any planning decision from local authority. We can't comment on public complaints relating to National and Regional Highways, UK health and Safety Executive and the UK Health Security Agency, although we will work closely and support all of these agencies when required. We can't directly comment on recent compliance inspections if there is an ongoing enforcement action or appeals from the operators.

Register and Subscribe

Please register on EHQ, in order to interact with the tools and functional elements of this page.

We also recommend that anyone with an interest in this page and wants to follow this project along with others on the platform to please subscribe. This will also add users names to our mail-list, so that we can contact you for any significant updates or changes to content.

You can do both, register and subscribe using the buttons on the right hand side of this page.

Old photo of the Johnson's brickworks at Saxon Pit (Whittlesey Quarry)

Further information and supporting resources

We have provided a range of information and resources, on the right hand side of this page.

This includes:

• Site information and history
• A site timeline
• Information on our regulatory role and the requirements of the permit holder
• A growing set of frequently asked questions (FAQ)
• Instructions on how to report odour, noise, dust or other incidents
• Other useful links to content hosted elsewhere
• A collection of photos, images and diagrams

Current engagement activities

In this early version, we are asking you to please provide feedback, ask questions and let us know what other resources, or options may help to engage and support ongoing dialogue and participation between us at the Environment Agency, yourselves and other interested stakeholders.

On this page we have also set up a number of tools on the side bar, that you can interact with us through, such as the 'Ideas', 'Questions' section, where you can submit your thoughts and suggestions.

We have included a map to help illustrate the location of the site and it's surrounding area. Participants who sign up, can add pins to the map, to represent particular points of interest or other location based information.

We have also provided our team email address, should you wish to provide anything in addition to this, or to submit other enquiries relating to this page and the regulatory activity that we are responsible for.

So, please let us know what you might like on this platform.