Comment
Core Strategy Consultation on Strategy Directions 2008
Representation ID: 19313
Received: 30/01/2009
Respondent: South East Water Ltd
Agent: Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd
We welcome acknowledgement that additional water resources may need to be developed over the plan period and that land may need to be allocated accordingly.
The Core Strategy should show understanding of the water planning process. The draft Water Resource Management Plan includes a scheme to raise Bewl Reservoir.
The scheme,will not be needed until 2020 at the earliest. The commitment to safeguarding and allocating land to allow the raising of Bewl in the future is therefore fully supported.
The Core Strategy should have sufficient flexibility to accommodate other water resource schemes that may emerge in the water resource planning process.