Statement

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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The SOLAR Campaign Submits Our Official Response to Thames Water via IPSOS

As I’m sure you’re all aware by now, that the deadline to submit your opinion to IPSOS, who are working on behalf of Thames Water, was 11:59PM on Monday, December 11th. Thank you to everyone who submitted. Below is the letter the campaign team sent to IPSOS on behalf of everyone campaigning to stop the …

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SOLAR Sends Ofwat CEO Our Shared Statement of Opposition

Letter to David Black of Ofwat detailing opposition to Thames Water TDRA, including the campaign’s shared statement of opposition and list of organisations, community groups and businesses joining us in opposition to the TDRA scheme. For the attention of: David Black, Chief Executive, OfwatFrom: The SOLAR Campaign, the community campaign formed to oppose Thames Water’s …

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