Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 5840
Received: 15/02/2015
Respondent: Thames Water
Agent: Savills UK
Thames Water would welcome the opportunity to work closely with the council and developers to ensure that infrastructure is delivered in time. In some circumstances developer funded capacity studies may be required.
Under the infrastructure issues document on p31 there is no reference to utilities infrastructure or more specifically to water and wastewater infrastructure. It is essential that any wastewater network infrastructure upgrades required to support development are provided ahead of occupation to ensure that there is no increased risk of sewer flooding. Section 6.2 outlines that previous Local Plan consultation responses have
outlined the importance of essential infrastructure being in place before development is completed and that the Council will need to consider ways to ensure this can be delivered.
The Local Plan should make specific reference to water and wastewater infrastructure. In relation to wastewater infrastructure comments regarding the treatment and network infrastructure were provided in the response to the preferred options consultation and are provided again below. Suggestions were also made in the previous response for alterations to Policy DM35 to ensure that development is aligned with any
wastewater infrastructure upgrades necessary to ensure that there is no increased risk of sewer flooding and these suggestions are maintained.
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