WINEP Consultation
On 22 July 2021 the Environment Agency published a consultation on the review of the water industry national environment programme (WINEP).
The consultation and documents may be found at:
https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/environment-and-business/review-of-the-winep/
The consultation makes 7 proposals:
Proposal 1: To introduce a tiered approach for including schemes in the water industry national environment programme
Proposal 2: To better incorporate long-term planning in the development of the water industry national environment programme
Proposal 3: To clearly establish dependencies between the water industry national environment programme and other statutory planning frameworks
Proposal 4: To increase the use of catchment and nature-based solutions
Proposal 5: To take account of wider environmental outcomes when deciding on solutions in the water industry national environment programme
Proposal 6: To increase water company involvement in the water industry national environmental programme development process
Proposal 7: To increase involvement of other organisations and external funding in the water industry national environment programme development process
We are looking to making a response via CIWEM. If you would like to put forward comments for inclusion in this response, please can you forward them to admin@suds-authority.org.uk by Monday 30th August.
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