A partnership comprising Cumberland Council, the Lake District National Park Authority, Westmorland and Furness Council and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority are working together to try and address the issue of nutrient neutrality across Cumbria. We have launched the Enhance your Tank scheme to help deliver mitigation solutions to unlock homes affected by nutrient neutrality.
Existing septic tanks and package treatment plants that meet the General Binding Rules for small scale discharges to ground can be accepted onto the scheme and used for mitigation if they meet any one of the following:
- The drainage field is less than 50m from the designated site boundary, OR
- The drainage field is less than 40m from any surface water feature e.g. ditch, drain, watercourse, OR
- The drainage field is in an area with a slope greater than 15%, OR
- The drainage field is in an area where the high water table groundwater depth is less than 2m below the surface at all times, OR
- The drainage field is in flood zone 2 or 3, OR
- The discharge to ground is less than 200m from any other discharge to ground.
Expressions of interest need to be submitted by Friday 14th December 2024.
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