FOI003744 EIR Planning

Short Description
Sewerage undertaker objections to new housing developments
Reference number
FOI003744
Date
19/10/2026
Request

I am writing to you to ask for information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 relating to the pressures being placed upon sewage and water infrastructure in England and Wales from new development in your area. 
Please can you provide a list of:
a) any new housing developments in your authority area, where a sewerage undertaker and/or water company has objected to connection of the development to the foul sewer in the planning process, from the last three years (May 2023 - May 2026)
b) for each site, please provide the following information:
•    i) the location of the site (address, easting/northing, or National Grid Reference)
•    ii) the number of dwellings being proposed
•    ii) planning application reference
•    iv) links to documents or copies of the documents containing the details of the objection e.g. planning committee report
•    v) if a planning condition requiring a strategic foul water strategy to be submitted to the local Planning Authority has been applied (Yes/No)
Please can the information be provided as an excel format.
I am seeking recorded information held by the authority. While individual planning files may be available on a public planning portal, locating and compiling all relevant cases would require a manual search across potentially thousands of records. Therefore, section 21 (information reasonably accessible by other means) would not provide equivalent access to the information requested if the authority holds records, reports, databases, registers or searches capable of identifying such cases.
Under Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, public authorities have a duty to provide advice and assistance. If any part of this request is unclear or too broad, I would be grateful if you could advise how it might be refined so that the information can be provided.