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Preferred Options Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (DPD) Review

Representation ID: 25941

Received: 12/03/2019

Respondent: Environment Agency

Representation Summary:

We welcome the inclusion of policy DM1 - Sustainable Construction. We fully support paragraph 9.1.5 which states the East Anglian area is identified as an area of severe water stress and that lowering water demand is identified as one of a range of measures to balance supply and demand in the Anglian Water Resources Management Plan 2015. We are pleased to see inclusion of requiring residential development being required to meet water efficiency standards of 110 litres of water per person per day.