Letter from the Save Our Lands and River community campaign to Philip Duffy, CEO of the Environment Agency, detailing community objections to Thames Water’s TDRA scheme.
Letter from Munira Wilson MP and Sarah Olney MP to Steve Barclay MP calling on him to stop Thames Water’s TDRA
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 …
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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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 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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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.
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.)
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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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 …
