Comment
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 5854
Received: 17/02/2015
Respondent: Environment Agency
Water Quality and Waste Water Disposal-
River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) produced by the Environment Agency are the over-arching source of information on the water environment and the actions we and others are undertaking. The NPPF states in paragraph 165 that RBMPs should be used as evidence on which to base planning decisions. This promotes the use of "up-to-date information about the natural environment" which should be useful to inform the action needed to improve water quality in Local Plans. All public bodies, including local authorities are required to "have regard to the River Basin Management Plan and any supplementary plans in exercising their functions".
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