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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

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Open Floor Hearings

Open-floor hearings will be held at the following dates, times and locations: Date Tuesday 19 November 2013 Wednesday 20 November 2013 Thursday 21 November 2013 Friday 22 November 2013 Saturday 23 November 2013 Time Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Venue Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, 45 Prescot Square, London E1 8GP The Worx, 10 Heathmans Road, London SW6 4TJ Ahoy Centre, Borthwick Street, Deptford, London SE8 3JY Glaziers' Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, London SE1 9DD QE2 Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE

Notice of issue-specific, open-floor and compulsory acquisition hearings

Notice is hereby given that issue-specific, open-floor and compulsory acquisition hearings 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). The Application was made under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 on 27 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 flows from 34 existing combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and the transfer of those flows for treatment in order to tackle untreated sewage overflowing 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); 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 flows from existing CSOs and the diversion of those flows into the main tunnel or the connection tunnels; d)  works to modify Thames Waters existing Shad Thames Pumping Station at Maguire Street in Southwark, provision of a shaft and modifications 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.

At each open-floor hearing, each interested party is entitled (subject to the Examining Authoritys powers of control over the conduct of the hearing) to make oral representations about the application

Compulsory Acquisition Hearings

Compulsory acquisition hearings will be held at the following dates, times and locations: Date Thursday 28 Friday 29 November 2013 Tuesday 3 Friday 6 December 2013 Tuesday 10 Friday 13 December 2013 Tuesday 17 Friday 20 December 2013 Tuesday 14 Friday 17 January 2014 Time Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Venue America Square Conference Centre, 1 America Square, 17 Crosswall, London EC3N 2LB America Square Conference Centre, 1 America Square, 17 Crosswall, London EC3N 2LB Glaziers' Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, London SE1 9DD Glaziers' Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, London SE1 9DD Glaziers' Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, London SE1 9DD

Table 1 below identifies 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 Crossfield 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)

At each compulsory acquisition hearing, each affected person is entitled (subject to the Examining Authority's powers of control over the conduct of the hearing) to make oral representations about the compulsory acquisition proposals. Further hearings may be held if the Examining Authority decides, during the examination process, that they are needed. The periods of Wednesday 22 January to Tuesday 28 January 2014 and Monday 3 February to Wednesday 5 February 2014 have been reserved for further hearings. If further hearings are required, then they will be advertised by one or more further notices. In accordance with Rule 13(3) of the Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010, the Planning Inspectorate will also notify interested parties and affected persons of the date, time and place fixed for each hearing.

details below) of the Planning Portal website at least five calendar days before the hearing is due to take place. Detailed questions may also be published in the same manner to support the agendas at these identified hearings. Detailed times for the sessions will be identified in the agendas for the hearings published on the Planning Inspectorate, National Infrastructure, Thames Tideway Tunnel project page: http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/projects/ london/thames-tideway-tunnel. A copy of the Application is available to view by appointment at The Planning Inspectorates offices at the following address: The Planning Inspectorate Temple Quay House Temple Quay Bristol BS1 6PN Email: thamestunnel@infrastructure.gsi.gov.uk Tel: 0303 444 5000

A copy of the Application can also be inspected free of charge at the following locations from 9am 5pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays): Linden House, Upper Mall, W6 9TA; T  he Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, SW1P 3AA; and  Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, SE1 9DD. A copy of the Application is also available on the Planning Inspectorate, National Infrastructure, Thames Tideway Tunnel project page of the Planning Portal website at: http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/projects/ london/thames-tideway-tunnel/. Further information regarding these hearings will be available on this website in due course. 17 October 2013

Issue Specific Hearings

Issue-specific hearings will be held at the following dates, times and locations: Date Monday 11 Friday 15 November 2013 Time Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Venue America Square Conference Centre, 1 America Square, 17 Crosswall, London EC3N 2LB America Square Conference Centre, 1 America Square, 17 Crosswall, London EC3N 2LB Issue Rationale for the selection of work sites and drive strategies matters Development consent order, requirements, any s106 undertaking and local impact report matters.

It should be noted that agendas for each hearing will only be published on the Planning Inspectorate, National Infrastructure, Thames Tideway Tunnel project page (see

Tuesday 26 Wednesday 27 Registration: 09.30 November 2013 Hearing start: 10.30 Monday 20 Tuesday 21 January 2014 Thursday 6 Friday 7 February 2014 Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30 Registration: 09.30 Hearing start: 10.30

Glaziers' Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, Development consent order, requirements, any s106 undertaking London SE1 9DD and local impact report matters. Glaziers' Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, Development consent order, requirements, any s106 undertaking London SE1 9DD and local impact report matters.

At each issue-specific hearing, each interested party is entitled (subject to the Examining Authoritys powers of control over the conduct of the hearing) to make oral representations about the particular issue to be considered.