Little Bealings first time sewerage scheme

We are investing over £1 million to provide properties in Little Bealings with a mains sewerage system. 

This scheme will allow rural properties to connect to a mains sewerage network for the first time. It will also reduce harm to the local environment caused by private drainage systems.
We currently expect construction to start early 2024, until then we will be busy planning the project, keeping you involved and informed at all stages. 

Investigation work

We’re currently in the design stages of this project and hope to start the work next year but before we begin, we need to carry out some trial holes. These investigative digs will help us understand the ground conditions and expose any existing underground utilities we’re not already aware of. The results from this work will help us decide the best technique to install the new pipe.

This investigation work will take place on 06 March 2023 for two weeks, in these locations.

While we aim to reduce disruption to pedestrians and traffic as much as we can, our top priority will always be the safety of our staff and the public. This means that we will need to close The Street for the duration of our work, you can view the offcial diversion route here.

 

Who will be able to connect to the new sewer?

Alongside the Environment Agency, we have been investigating whether the provision of a new mains sewerage system is the best course of action to resolve local environmental issues. We concluded that there were five properties where the most appropriate and practical solution to alleviate the adverse environmental and amenity effects is the provision of a new public sewer.

These five properties are called 'duty properties', this means that we now have a legal duty to provide these properties with a connection to mains sewerage. Please click here to view the duty properties.

We are in the very early design stages of this project and are yet to come up with an engineering solution of where to install the new sewer. Depending on where we decide to lay our new pipes, there may be additional properties in the village that are able to connect to the network. Once we know which properties can connect, we will be in contact.