Consultation outcome

Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
12 June 2023
Last updated
25 September 2023 — See all updates
This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Summary of responses and government response

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Detail of outcome

The consultation was hosted on the online platform Citizen Space. Responses were also collected via email.

In total, we received 846 responses to the consultation, consisting of 836 via Citizen Space and 10 responses via email.

Respondents via Citizen Space were given the option to choose from a pre-defined list of identities. There were 795 individuals who responded to the consultation in addition to 31 organisations and 10 companies.

Of the 10 responses via email, 7 were from organisations.

Original consultation

Summary

The UK government is consulting on the expansion of the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan to cover coastal and estuarine 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 these changes, including:

  • expanding the targets in the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan to cover coastal and estuarine waters
  • developing an ecological standard for coastal and estuarine waters
  • whether any further areas should be added to the current list of high priority sites listed in the plan

Updates to this page

Published 12 June 2023
Last updated 25 September 2023 + show all updates

  1. Added the summary of responses and government response.

  2. First published.

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