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Environment Agency 'disappointed' by Planning Inspectorate's decisions on sewage overflows
The Environment Agency has said it is "disappointed" with the Planning Inspectorate's decision on combined sewer overflows (CSOs).
Last April, the Agency placed stricter discharge consents on the 4,193 sewage overflows classified as posing a low risk to the environment.
Six companies appealed against 3,959 of the updated consents, nearly 95 per cent of all new consents.
Thames Water was the largest appellant with 1,798 consents involved. Co-appellants Anglian Water, United Utilities, Severn Trent, Yorkshire Water and Welsh Water appealled between 239 and 663 consents each.
The Planning Inspectorate held an appeal hearing in January, and the Environment Agency judged its recent decision as "largely in the water companies' favour".
The agency said: "The Environment Agency is disappointed that the overall decision does not go as far as it wished. However, the decision gives some additional protection to the quality of rivers and coastal waters in England and Wales, as water companies will now be required to better maintain these CSOs to minimise overflows and potential pollution incidents.
"Water companies need to take a forward planning approach to prevent environmental pollution or increase the risk of sewer flooding, for example as a result of new development, and we are concerned that the Planning Inspectorate's decision does not provide this incentive or any mechanism to protect against future environmental deterioration."
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