Comment

Representation ID: 23161

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Environment Agency

Policy ENV7 – Canals
Paragraph 10.105 states that restoration proposals will be expected to demonstrate sufficient water resources exist. We recommend that this is given more weight by including it in the policy body itself, as the policy as it stands only addresses water quality and ecology – not water resource availability.

Section 2(f) of the policy could be amended to read:

f. protect and enhance water quality in the canal and protect water resource availability both in the canal and the wider environment.