Details of Housing Development planning applications with water company objections
Request received 3 September 2026
I am writing to you to ask for information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 relating to the pressures being placed upon sewage and water infrastructure in England and Wales from new development in your area.
Please can you provide a list of:
a)any new housing developments in your authority area, where a sewerage undertaker and/or water company has objected to connection of the development to the foul sewer in the planning process, from the last three years (May 2023 - May 2026)
b) for each site, please provide the following information:
- i) the location of the site (address, easting/northing, or National Grid Reference)
- ii) the number of dwellings being proposed
- ii) planning application reference
- iv) links to documents or copies of the documents containing the details of the objection e.g. planning committee report
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v) if a planning condition requiring a strategic foul water strategy to be submitted to the local Planning Authority has been applied (Yes/No)
Responded 28 September 2026
The above information has been provided in the accompanying excel file.
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