Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119821

Swimming: South West

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Dan Norris

IndependentNorth East Somerset and Hanham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support new bathing sites in the West of England.

Answer

Emma Hardy
To designate a site as a bathing water, an application must be submitted to Defra. Applications for new bathing sites are driven by the public and put forward for consultation if certain criteria are met, which can be found online at gov.uk. We are curren...

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