Planning Act 2008

29Waste water treatment plantsE+W

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(1)The construction of a waste water treatment plant is within section 14(1)(o) only if the treatment plant (when constructed)—

(a)will be in England, and

(b)is expected to have a capacity exceeding a population equivalent of 500,000.

(2)The alteration of a waste water treatment plant is within section 14(1)(o) only if—

(a)the treatment plant is in England, and

(b)the effect of the alteration is expected to be to increase by more than a population equivalent of 500,000 the capacity of the plant.

(3)Waste water” includes domestic waste water, industrial waste water and urban waste water.

(4)The following terms have the meanings given by regulation 2(1) of the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2841)—

  • “domestic waste water”;

  • “industrial waste water”;

  • “population equivalent”;

  • “urban waste water”.

Commencement Information

I1S. 29 in force at 6.4.2011 by S.I. 2011/705, art. 2