Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 23498

Sewers: Property Development

Tabled: 13 January 2025

Answered: 16 January 2025

Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it compulsory for developers to form agreements with water companies for the adoption of new-build drainage systems.

Answer

Emma Hardy

Section 42 of the Flood and Water Management Act has not yet been implemented in England. Should it be implemented, all new sewerage will be built to an agreed standard and automatically adopted. The powers to adopt existing sewerage have now expired. The...

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