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Severn Trent Sewage Treatment Works Besthorpe Road Besthorpe

26/01080/HRNApproved

Approved on 26 August 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of 130m of hedgerow to faciliate temporary construction compound and provide safe access in association with upgrade to sewage treatment works.

Received
14 July 2026
Ward
Collingham
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 43 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Severn Trent Sewage Treatment Works Besthorpe Road Besthorpe. Newark and Sherwood has handled 4,152 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Newark and Sherwood's typical decision time. The site is in the Besthorpe conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Collingham.

Application details

Parish
Besthorpe

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Severn Trent Water Limited

Company number 02366686

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
1 Apr 1989 (37 years old)
Nature of business
Water collection, treatment and supply
Registered office
Coventry

11 other planning applications by this company in Solihull, Telford, Cheltenham and 6 more councils.

  • SCC/26/0102/DA · Staffordshire · Brancote Sewage Treatment Works, Tixall Road, Stafford, Staffordshire ST18 0XX
  • 26/01520/DISCON · Cheltenham · Hewlett Reservoir Harp Hill Charlton Kings Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL52 6PP
  • TWC/2026/0681 · Telford · Redhill Reservoir, Redhill, Telford, Shropshire
  • NP/DDD/0926/0926 · Peak District · Carsington to Tittesworth
  • 26/01520/DISCON · Newark and Sherwood · Land Off Nightjar Way Rainworth
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Jared Pailing

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Besthorpe

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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