Lincs Reservoir Project Team Anglian Water – Proposed Lincolnshire Reservoir surveys (8 Oct 25)
From: Lincs Reservoir Project Team <info@lincsreservoir.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 at 11:05
Subject: Anglian Water – Proposed Lincolnshire Reservoir surveys
To: Judy Pittock <helpringhamparishcouncil@gmail.com>
Dear Judy Pittock
As previously mentioned, Anglian Water is carrying out a range of surveys to understand more about the land we could be working on for our proposed new reservoir in Lincolnshire.
These surveys are progressing well, with the temporary compound we set up to support delivery of these important investigations in full operation. If you’d like a reminder about what the survey works involve, you can read more information here.
We’re getting in touch with you to let you know that from 20 October, we’ll need to carry out surveys at the well-known WWII crash site near Scredington. Led by a team of archaeologists, the surveys will take around one week. They will help us understand where the impact from the crash occurred and to accurately map the debris field. This information will guide any future survey work.
We recognise that this is a location with a sensitive history and means a lot to local people, as well as to those from further away that also have ties to the site.
Before we start the surveys, we wanted to reassure you that we are committed to carrying out the surveys with the upmost respect and sensitivity to the site’s history.
As well as ensuring we have all the necessary licences and permission from the relevant landowner in place, we are engaging with local representatives to understand how we can ensure that everyone with ties to the site knows about our plans and understands what these involve..
We have contacted the church to assist, given their prior involvement in organising a memorial, and welcome any insights from yourselves to ensure we’re able to talk to the right people before we survey this site.
During the surveys, we won’t remove or disturb any of the items detected. A team of archaeologists will lead the non-intrusive surveys by walking across the area with metal detectors. Global positioning systems (GPS navigation) will be used to digitally plot any items detected by the metal detectors. In rare cases, we may need to dig if a signal suggests there is an unexploded device, which would be removed to ensure public safety.
We hope you find this information useful. If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards
Kelly Linay
Stakeholder Lead
Anglian Water is proposing a new reservoir in Lincolnshire that will secure water supply to our customers for future generations.
To contact the Lincolnshire Reservoir team, please email us at info@lincsreservoir.co.uk or call our hotline on 0800 915 2491 and leave a message.
For any other enquiries about Anglian Water, please visit www.anglianwater.co.uk/contact-us/.