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Our ref:
KT/2009/107809/01-L01 Your ref:
EB/2763/CCAR/DV Date:
11 February
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Dear Sir/Madam
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY
PAVILLION.
Thank you for your
letter dated 28th January 2009.
We OBJECT to the application as
submitted because the drainage scheme of the development proposed is likely
to result in a significant risk to ground water resources from which supplies of
potable water are obtained. We recommend that planning permission should be
refused on this basis.
Reasons
The site is located
within a Source Protection Zone 1 area where we carefully monitor development
proposals of all types. Source Protection Zones are designated by the
Environment Agency to identify the catchment areas of sources of potable water
(that is high quality water supplies usable for human consumption) and show
where they may be at particular risk from polluting activities on or below the
land surface. Source Protection Zone 1 areas are designated closest to the
source of potable water supplies and indicate the area of highest risk to
abstracted water quality.
In this instance the proposed development
would threaten potable water supplies for the following reasons:
The applicants propose to install a septic tank for the discharge of foul water from two toilets. This would require a Discharge Consent from the Environment Agency which would not be granted due to the sites location in a SPZ1. In addition, there is also a mains sewer in the adjacent road, so we would expect all foul water to discharge to the mains.
This
objection is supported by our recently revised internal policy: The Environment
Agency, Groundwater Protection: Policies and practice (GP3)
2008 P4-3.
We would stress that we
have no objection to the principle of the development, so if the applicant is
able to submit a revised drainage scheme we would be able to reconsider our
position.
Yours faithfully
Senior Planning Liaison
Officer
Direct dial
01732
223204
Direct e-mail michaela.kennard@environment-agency.gov.uk
cc BOWYER
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