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The Secretary of State, in accordance with the power in Section 96C of the Water Industry Act 1991 to designate catchment areas as sensitive for phosphorus or nitrogen where a habitats site is wholly or partly in England is considered in an unfavourable condition by virtue of pollution from nutrients in water from one or both of those nutrients, gives notice as follows:听

Citation and commencement听

This Notice may be cited as the Designation of Sensitive Catchment Areas Notice 2024. Sensitive catchment area designations take effect from 25 January 2024, unless otherwise specified.听

Identification of sensitive catchment areas听

The following catchments have been designated as sensitive catchment areas under the Water Industry Act 1991.听听听

Phosphorus sensitive catchment areas听听听

• Poole Harbour SPA听
• River Avon SAC听听
• River Axe SAC听听
• River Camel SAC听听
• River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake SAC (only applies to catchments of Bassenthwaite Lake (River Derwent and Tributaries SSSI unit 1) and River Marron (unit 124 of River Derwent and Tributaries SSSI)
• River Eden SAC听听
• River Itchen SAC听听
• River Kent SAC (only applies to catchments of units 104 and 111 of River Kent SSSI)听
• River Lambourn SAC听听
• River Mease SAC听听
• River Wensum SAC听听
• Somerset Levels and Moors SPA听(takes effect from 16 May 2024)^{[footnote 1]}听
• Stodmarsh SAC听
• The Broads SAC (only the following are included):听听
  • Bure Broads and Marshes SSSI听听
  • Trinity Broads SSSI听
  • Yare Broads and Marshes SSSI听听
  • Ant Broads and Marshes SSSI听听
  • Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes SSSI听

Nitrogen sensitive catchment areas听听听

• Poole Harbour SPA
• Solent (catchments of):听
  • Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA
  • Solent and Southampton Water SPA
  • Solent Maritime SAC听
  • Portsmouth Harbour SPA
• Stodmarsh SAC听
• Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA听
• The Broads SAC (only the following are included):听听
  • Bure Broads and Marshes SSSI听听
  • Trinity Broads SSSI听
  • Yare Broads and Marshes SSSI听听
  • Ant Broads and Marshes SSSI听听
  • Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes SSSI听

Effect of this notice听

In designated catchments, water companies have a duty to ensure wastewater treatment works serving a population equivalent over 2,000 meet specified nutrient removal standards by 1 April 2030 where the designation takes effect from 25 January 2024. For designations that take effect subsequent to that date, the upgrade date is specified in the notice. Competent authorities (including local planning authorities) considering planning proposals for development draining via a sewer to a wastewater treatment works subject to the upgrade duty are required to consider that the nutrient pollution standard will be met by the upgrade date for the purposes of Habitats Regulations Assessments.听听