Consultation outcome

Bathing waters: proposed designation of 27 new bathing waters in England

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Detail of outcome

We received 10,962 responses to this consultation.

Following consideration of these responses, all 27 proposed sites that were consulted on will be added to the list of designated bathing waters from the 2024 bathing season.


Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on the proposal to designate 27 sites in England as bathing waters.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

We want to know what you think about our proposal to designate 27 new bathing waters in England.

Updates to this page

Published 26 February 2024
Last updated 13 May 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added the summary of responses and government response.

  2. First published.

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