Sewers: Property Development
Commons · Question 23498 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Emma Hardy, 16 Jan 2025
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...