Housing: Sewers
Commons · Question 86955 · Tabled 30 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to help ensure that new housing developments do not increase sewage network pressures through (a) incorrect and (b) inadequate wastewater connections; and
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 11 Nov 2025
The government recognises the importance of water and wastewater provision on new developments. As set out in Paragraph 7 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainab...