Fundamental changes are needed to the planning system to stop pollution in North Yorkshire’s watercourses and coastlines being caused by new development, senior councillors believe.
All members of Conservative-run North Yorkshire Council will discuss this issue at a full council meeting next month after a proposal was made by its transport, economy and environment scrutiny committee which recommended the Government is lobbied on making the changes, along with a series of other proposals to get to grips with water pollution in the county.
The proposed measures will aim to establish what the impacts and receptors are in relation to any development. The meeting heard that neither Local Plan policies nor national framework have the capacity to extend consideration in planning decisions to where foul water is in the main sewer, in terms of how it is treated.
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