Object
Brentwood Local Plan 2016 - 2033 (Pre-Submission, Regulation 19)
Representation ID: 22321
Received: 16/03/2019
Respondent: Anglian Water
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Anglian Water is generally supportive of Policy BE18 as drafted.
Policy BE18 should be amended to make it clear that sewage companies fund any required improvements to wastewater treatment works to accommodate development rather than developers.
f. seek to improve the water environment and that demonstrate that adequate wastewater infrastructure capacity is available or can be provided in time to serve the development;
Anglian Water is generally supportive of Policy BE18 as drafted.
We note that policy as drafted refers to ensuring that adequate wastewater infrastructure is provided.
Sewerage companies including Anglian Water have a statutory obligation to ensure that sufficient sewage treatment capacity is made available for sites with the benefit of planning permission.
Any investment which is required at existing Water Recycling Centres (referred to as Waste Water Treatment Works in the Council's Water Cycle Study) is funded from customer bills as part of our business planning process. As such developer charges are not sought by Anglian Water for this purpose.
It is also important to note that investment by Anglian Water is not limited to uprgrades to existing WRCs as this is not apporpriate solution in all circumstances. Please refer to page 33 of our Water Recycling Long Term Plan for further details on this topic.
The WRLTP is available to view at the following address:
https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/_assets/media/water-recycling-long-term-plan.pdf
It is therefore proposed that Policy BE18 be amended to make this clear and ensure the policy is effective.