Petition Let water companies veto planning applications due to infrastructure demand

We want the Government to make water companies statutory consultees for planning applications for new developments, and give them the power to veto planning applications where current infrastructure would not be able to cope with increased demand.

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It is clear that Britain's water companies are not able to cope. Infrastructure failings are resulting in sewage discharge into rivers and seas.

Additionally provision of water is being interrupted because of failing infrastructure as seen recently in Sussex and Kent.

Water companies are not able to prevent new developments that could overburden already strained infrastructure. THIS MUST CHANGE.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

589 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 589 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 28 December 2023
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