The government is facing a legal challenge over plans to permit housebuilders in England to allow sewage pollution “through the back door”.
The campaign group Wild Justice, along with the law firm Leigh Day, have submitted plans for a judicial review over what they term an “unlawful attempt to use guidance to introduce a change that was defeated in the House of Lords last year”.
The government has been accused of trying to bring back a failed amendment by stealth by publishing a new notice. The notice says that planning authorities have to presume that water companies have upgraded sewage infrastructure to improve pollution after 1 April 2030, even if they have not.
