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Policy NE11: Watercourses

The Borough Council recognises the importance of the natural watercourse system for providing essential drainage of land, as visual and amenity features and, in many instances, as a valuable wildlife habitat and will seek to protect these interests against adverse forms of development. This will include the prevention of:

i. The loss of access to watercourses for future maintenance.

ii. The loss of natural floodplain except in exceptional circumstances and where compensatory measures as agreed with the Local Planning Authority are provided.

iii. Drainage from development giving rise to substantial changes in the characteristics of surface water run-off unless adequate off-site works can be provided. iv. The loss of the valuable river corridor environment and the culverting of watercourses.

9.28 - Protection of the water environment is primarily the responsibility of the Environment Agency. The Council will, however, take into account the need to give protection to watercourses and aquifers in determining planning applications. 

Chapter 9: The Countryside and the Natural Environment
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