Lightwater Sewage Treatment Works Blackstroud Lane East Lightwater Surrey GU18 5XR Data via plota.co.uk

26/0890/SCR - Screen Registered

Proposal

Request for an EIA Screening Opinion (Regulation 6) for construction and operation of upgrade works under permitted development rights at Lightwater Sewage Treatment Works (STW), Blackstroud Lane East, Lightwater, Surrey, GU18 5XR. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Sept 2026
✓
Consultation
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision soon after comments close on 26 Oct 2026, from recent eia screening and scoping opinions across the UK.

Comments are open until 26 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 8

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
National infrastructure project 341 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project
The site is 341 m from the project boundary. Pipeline, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Special protection area 427 m away: Thames Basin Heaths; SSSI 427 m away: Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath SSSI; Inside the Lightwater built-up area; Priority habitat 49 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Screen
Postcode
GU18 5XR
Received
28 Sept 2026
Validated
28 Sept 2026
Ward
Lightwater
Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 11 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide eia screening and scoping opinions by day 20.

Day 1145 days to the 56-day target
93%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
1,357decided in the last year

Plota live figures for eia screening and scoping opinions decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent eia screening and scoping opinions in Surrey Heath to go on. Surrey Heath decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
28 Sept 2026
Comments by
26 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Surrey Heath
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#163 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Surrey Heath ranks #134 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Surrey Heath decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #182 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #235 of 296
68%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #134 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #94 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
39 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
95%
Change of use approved
20 decided
600
Total decisions
78 refused in the year to March 2026

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.