Pass legislation requiring infrastructure upgrades before planning is granted

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently, utilities are not permitted to refuse applications to connect to their infrastructure during the planning process. We ask that Central Government give statutory consultees the ability to refuse applications until the required infrastructure upgrades are in place.

Central Government housebuilding targets take no account of the lack of infrastructure to serve the needs of current and future occupiers. Statutory consultees are unable to refuse applications to connect to sewerage and water infrastructure. Yet, the pace of upgrades and state of the current infrastructure can't meet demand today.

This has resulted in sewage being pumped to rivers and large parts of the country left without access to water for drinking.

Planning MUST take account of this.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you're concerned about the impact of new developments on utilities, but it's not clear if you want changes to legislation governing utility connections for new developments, or the planning process, or both.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

16 Jun 2023	Petition opened for signatures
20 Jun 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Jun 2023

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