{"id":4842,"date":"2022-08-16T13:38:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2022-12-13T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T16:42:08","slug":"government-plans-to-reduce-water-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/government-plans-to-reduce-water-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans to reduce water pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New plans to help safeguard England\u2019s precious protected sites by driving down nutrient pollution and allowing for the construction of sustainable new homes for families across the country were announced by the Government in July.<\/p>\n<p>Government plans will see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new legal duty on water companies in England to upgrade wastewater treatment works by 2030 in \u2018nutrient neutrality\u2019 areas to the highest achievable technological levels.<\/li>\n<li>A new Nutrient Mitigation Scheme established by Natural England, helping wildlife and boosting access to nature by investing in projects like new and expanded wetlands and woodlands. This will allow local planning authorities to grant planning permission for new developments in areas with nutrient pollution issues, providing for the development of sustainable new homes and ensuring building can go ahead. Defra and DLUHC will provide funding to pump prime the scheme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Follow this link to find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/government-sets-out-plan-to-reduce-water-pollution\">Government plans to reduce water pollution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New plans to help safeguard England\u2019s precious protected sites by driving down nutrient pollution and allowing for the construction of sustainable new homes for families across the country were announced by the Government in July. Government plans will see: A new legal duty on water companies in England to upgrade wastewater treatment works by 2030 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4842"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4860,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842\/revisions\/4860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}