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That: 

This council acknowledges the acute
public concern regarding inadequate wastewater treatment and the
negative impact of sewage pollution on local
communities. 

This Council acknowledges that
additional housebuilding will increase the strain on local water
infrastructure and wastewater treatment capacity. 

This Council will continue to exert
pressure on water companies, water regulators, and all other
relevant agencies, to help address these concerns. 

This Council will also seek actions
and potential solutions that it can implement to help tackle the
problem. 

With this in
mind, this Council urges the Cabinet to commission an urgent
report into the viability of implementing the so-called Wealden
planning condition and other strategy options as tools for tackling
the problem of sewage pollution in this district. 

This Council further instructs the
Leader of the Council to write to Steve Reed, the Secretary of
State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, asking him to
accept Amendment 197 to the Water & Infrastructure Bill. This
amendment ends the automatic right of water companies to connect to
the foul drainage system and ensures developers must prove to
independent Sustainable Drainage Advisory Boards that they have a
plan for wastewater drainage.