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Reservoirs: Hampshire

Asked by Suella BravermanReform UKDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 27 April 2026UIN 129142

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Planning Inspectorate has full access to environmental, technical and financial risk assessments before considering the Development Consent Order for the Havant Thicket scheme.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The Development Consent Order application for the Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Scheme, linked to Havant Thicket Reservoir scheme in construction, will provide interested parties a further opportunity to make representations to a Planning Inspector on this scheme.

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