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THE PROPOSED THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED (THAMES TIDEWAY TUNNEL) DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER SECTIONS 91, 92 AND 93 PLANNING ACT 2008 AND RULE 13(6) INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (EXAMINATION PROCEDURE) RULES 2010 APPLICATION REFERENCE: WW010001

Further notice of an open oor hearing

Notice is hereby given that an additional open oor hearing will be held by the Examining Authority (appointed by the Secretary of State) for the examination of the application (the Application) by Thames Water Utilities Limited for a development consent order for the proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel (the Project). This hearing is in addition to the hearing dates as previously notied. The Application was made under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 on 28 February 2013 and accepted for examination by the Secretary of State on 27 March 2013. The Application relates to the construction and operation of a wastewater storage and transfer tunnel in London which, together with shafts, connection tunnels and associated development, will enable the interception of ows from 34 existing combined sewer overows (CSOs) and the transfer of those ows for treatment in order to tackle untreated sewage overowing into the tidal River Thames. The Project comprises the following elements: a) wastewater storage and transfer tunnels between: (i)  Thames Waters existing operational sites at Acton Storm Tanks in Ealing and Abbey Mills  Pumping Station in Newham (the main tunnel). The main tunnel would run from Acton Storm Tanks to the River Thames and then underneath the river as far as Rotherhithe, where it would divert to the north east via the Limehouse Cut, terminating at Abbey Mills Pumping Station; (ii)  King Georges Park in Wandsworth and the proposed main tunnel site at Carnwath Road Riverside in Fulham (the Frogmore connection tunnel); (iii)  Thames Waters existing operational site at Greenwich Pumping Station and the proposed main tunnel site at Chambers Wharf in Southwark (the Greenwich connection tunnel); d)  works to modify Thames Waters existing Shad Thames Pumping Station at Maguire Street in Southwark, provision of a shaft and modications to the existing sewer at Bekesbourne Street in Tower Hamlets and works to drain the tunnels at Beckton Sewage Treatment Works; and e)  Associated development to facilitate construction, operation and maintenance of the tunnels and shafts described above. The additional open oor hearing will take place on Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at the Deptford Lounge, 9 Grifn Street, Deptford, London, SE8 4RJ. Registration will begin at 20:00, with the hearing commencing at 20:30. The hearing already arranged for Wednesday, 5 February 2014 and scheduled to start at 19:00 at the AHOY Centre, Borthwick Street, Deptford, London, SE8 3JY will still take place as advertised, and will close by 20:00 to accommodate the above notied additional hearing session at the Deptford Lounge venue. Submissions made at one hearing do not also need to be made at the other.

b)  shafts to be used for the construction, operation and maintenance of the main tunnel and the Frogmore and Greenwich connection tunnels; c)  CSO drop shafts, short connection tunnels and associated development for the interception of ows from existing CSOs and the diversion of those ows into the main tunnel or the connection tunnels;

Table 1 below identies the location of the sites where shafts to be used for the construction and operation of the Project will be provided. Acton Storm Tanks, south of Canham Road and west of Cobbold Road (London Borough of Ealing) Hammersmith Pumping Station, east of Chancellors Road and south of Distillery Road (London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham) Barn Elms, on the south eastern perimeter of the Barn Elms Playing Fields (London Borough of Richmond) Putney Embankment Foreshore, on the foreshore north of Lower Richmond Road and west of Putney Bridge (London Borough of Wandsworth) including site of temporary slipway to the west of the CSO drop shaft site Carnwath Road Riverside, south of Carnwath Road (London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham) Dormay Street, north of Dormay Street and west of The Causeway (London Borough of Wandsworth) King Georges Park, south of the intersection between Buckhold Road and Neville Gill Close (London Borough of Wandsworth) Falconbrook Pumping Station, east of York Road and west of Lavender Road (London Borough of Wandsworth) Cremorne Wharf Depot, east of Lots Road between the River Thames and the Lots Road Pumping Station (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Chelsea Embankment Foreshore, on the foreshore south of the Royal Hospital Chelseas South Grounds and partly within Chelsea Embankment and Ranelagh Gardens (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Kirtling Street, either side of Cringle Street, (London Borough of Wandsworth) Heathwall Pumping Station, on the foreshore west of Elm Quay and north of Nine Elms Lane (London Borough of Wandsworth) Albert Embankment Foreshore, on the foreshore to the west of Albert Embankment between St Georges Wharf and Tintagel House (London Borough of Lambeth) Victoria Embankment Foreshore, on the foreshore east of Victoria Embankment between Northumberland Avenue and Horse Guards Avenue (City of Westminster) Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore, on the foreshore south of Victoria Embankment between Temple Avenue and Blackfriars Bridge and adjacent to Paul's Walk, west of Blackfriars Station (City of London) Chambers Wharf, on the foreshore and north of Chambers Street to the west of Loftie Street (London Borough of Southwark) Earl Pumping Station, east of Croft Street, south of Chiltern Street and south of Yeoman Street (London Borough of Lewisham) Deptford Church Street, west of Deptford Church Street and north of Crosseld Street and south of Coffey Street (London Borough of Lewisham) Greenwich Pumping Station, west of Norman Road and north of Greenwich High Road and including Phoenix Wharf to the north of the railway viaduct (Royal Borough of Greenwich) King Edward Memorial Park Foreshore, on the foreshore and to the south of The Highway and east of Glamis Road (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) Abbey Mills Pumping Station, east of Prescott Channel and west of Abbey Creek and Channelsea River and south of The Greenway (London Borough of Newham)