# The Hinkley Point Harbour Empowerment Order 2012, Paragraph 27: Drainage: surface water and foul drainage works

Extent: E+W+S

(1) No construction of the development must commence until details of the surface and foul water drainage system (including means of pollution control, details of water management zones and a programme of construction and implementation) have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority.
(2) Unless otherwise provided pursuant to the site preparation works permission or a development consent order for a new nuclear generating station at Hinkley Point, any fresh water discharge associated with the development must discharge to the existing Hinkley Point C drainage ditch at the location identified on the drawing referenced figure 13.1 in the environmental statement submitted with the application for this Order following attenuation to greenfield run-off rates and treatment within a dedicated water management zone.
(3) The surface and foul water drainage system must be constructed, maintained and retained in accordance with the approved details.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1914/schedule/1/paragraph/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hinkley-point-harbour-empowerment-order-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-27
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