High court grants hearing on ‘weak’ plan to cut England sewage discharges

Good Law Project to argue government scheme will lead to raw sewage being discharged into waterways for decades

Campaigners are to make a high court challenge to the government's plan to reduce raw sewage discharges into rivers and seas in England, arguing it does not go far enough.

The case, to be taken by the Good Law Project, will put the storm overflow scheme under detailed scrutiny. It will argue that the plan will lead to raw sewage being discharged into waterways for decades to come and does not protect the majority of coastal areas designated as ecologically sensitive.