Benn sends sewage plans back to drawing board
Three applications from South West Water to discharge sewage into the Atlantic Ocean off Cornwall have been refused by Government. Environment Secretary Hilary Benn decided the effluent discharges from Tintagel Fine Screening Installation and Bossiney Sewage Treatment Works would need a higher level of treatment than that proposed by South West Water. His decision agrees with the recommendation of an independent planning inspector who conducted a public inquiry into the applications in 2006.