Rejected petition: Protect Rivers by Making Water Companies Statutory Planning Consultees
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Water companies must have a legal role within the planning system. This is so that planning authorities can ensure new development is supported by adequate water supply and drainage infrastructure to protect communities, rivers, and the environment.
Too many developments are approved despite existing sewer and wastewater infrastructure already being under pressure. This contributes to sewage pollution, river damage and increased flood risk. Water companies should be formally consulted so infrastructure capacity and environmental impacts are properly considered before planning permission is granted.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We already have a petition open on this subject which you might wish to sign:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769979
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.