Munira Wilson MP and Sarah Olney MP Call On Steve Barclay MP To Stop Thames Water’s TDRA
Letter from Munira Wilson MP and Sarah Olney MP to Steve Barclay MP calling on him to stop Thames Water’s TDRA
SOLAR Campaign Writes to Thames Water About Missed Opportunities to Engage with the Community
This email, and a letter, was sent to the representatives below for and on behalf of the SOLAR campaign. Conor Loughney has been contracted on behalf of Thames Water to manage community education activities between the community affected by TDRA and Thames Water. By email and in reply to Thames WaterEmail dated 31 January 2024Letter …
Save Our Lands And River in the Guardian Newspaper
The Guardian Newspaper covered Thames Water’s success in bypassing local planning authority to fast-track the TDRA scheme by going straight to DEFRA under a Section 35. As we explained in this post, this means Thames Water was able to convince DEFRA that this scheme was of national significance. It also means that all local opposition …
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TDRA Planning permission to Bypass Local Opposition and take national route
At the end of December 2023, the Government announced that Thames Water’s Teddington DRA application would follow a national planning process. Steve Barclay MP (Secretary of State for DEFRA) confirmed that “…the principle elements of the proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction project and supporting submissions be treated as a development of national significance for which …
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Save Our Lands & River Campaign Featured on ITV News
The Save Our Lands and River Campaign was represented by Richard James on ITV News this week, where we had a chance to share our views on the real concerns about this scheme, which gives Thames Water permission to pump millions of litres of treated sewage into the River above Teddington Weir ever day. Thames …
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The SOLAR Campaign Writes to Defra About Section 35 Application by Thames Water
Below is the letter the campaign team sent to Robbie Moore MP, the Minister for Water & Rural Growth at Defra, on December 18th 2023 in response to the Section 35 application by Thames Water.
Thames Water Bypassing Council Planning Process to Accelerate the Approval of TDRA
It is now clear that Thames Water has made its application to the Secretary of State for DEFRA to consider TDRA as a Section 35 national strategic infrastructure project (NSIP). This was mentioned at the Town Hall at York House in Twickenham on November 27th, 2023, and has now been confirmed. (See at point 55.59 in this video.)
Munira Wilson MP Writes to CEO of Thames Water
Following on from our earlier blog post describing the outcomes from our meeting with Cathryn Ross, co-CEO of Thames Water, here’s the letter written by MP for Twickenham, Munira Wilson, an extract from which is detailed below. See the complete letter here. As you know, I have been challenging these proposals on behalf of residents …