Consultation outcome

Bathing waters: de-designation of Walpole Bay

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 17 March 2014
• Last updated: 23 May 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Summary of responses

PDF, 47 KB, 5 pages

Detail of outcome

We received 53 responses to this consultation. Walpole Bay will remain on the list of designated bathing waters.

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Original consultation

Summary

We want your views on plans to remove Walpole Bay from the list of bathing waters in England.

This consultation ran from
17 March 2014 to 11:59pm on 30 April 2014

Consultation description

We want to know what you think about the proposal to remove Walpole Bay from the list of designated bathing waters. This proposal follows an application we have received from Thanet District Council.

We have published evidence of facilities and usage at the beaches, as well as the outcomes of a local consultation. You can also read the criteria for designation and dedesignation of bathing waters.

Bathing waters are designated under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC, revised by 2006/7/EC).

Update: 20 March 2014

The initial user data reported in this summary has been corrected. The figures were based on a summary of the raw data which had been re-calculated, but this was not reported to Defra. We have now provided the full survey data and a corrected summary of usage. In order to allow a full consultation period with the correct usage figures, the consultation end date has been extended.

We have also added the data from the Environment Agency’s survey of beach usage, which is summarised in the consultation document, and a map showing the zones that were used in counting bathers and beach users.

Documents

Summary of evidence for de-designation of Walpole Bay, Kent bathing water

PDF, 46 KB, 5 pages

Data from the Environment Agency’s survey of beach usage

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 100 KB

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Map showing the zones used in the usage survey

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Published 17 March 2014
Last updated 23 May 2014 + show all updates

1. 23 May 2014

   Summary of responses added.

2. 20 March 2014

   Main consultation document updated due to error in user data. In order to allow a full consultation period with the correct usage figures, the consultation end date has been extended. We have also added the data from the Environment Agency’s survey of beach usage and a map showing the zones that were used in counting bathers and beach users.

3. 17 March 2014

   First published.