Decision document SSE Water's application for a variation to serve the site at Hunter Avenue, Ashford
| Date | 13 December 2010 |
SSE Water's application for a variation to serve the site at
Hunter Avenue, Ashford
On 2 July 2010, Ofwat began a consultation on a proposal to vary SSE Water's
appointment to become the sewerage services provider for a development in
Southern Water Services Ltd's (Southern Water) Sewerage Services Area called
Hunter Avenue, in Ashford (the Site). The consultation ended on 30 July 2010.
During the consultation period Ofwat received three representations which we
considered in making our decision. On 8 November 2010, we decided not to grant
SSE Water the variation to its appointment to enable it to serve this site.
This notice gives our reasons for making that decision.
Introduction
The new appointment and variation mechanism, specified by Parliament and set out
in primary legislation, allows one company to replace the current company as the
provider of water and/or sewerage services for a specific area. This mechanism can
be used by new companies to enter the market and by existing companies to expand
their businesses. In this case, SSE Water applied to replace Southern Water as the
appointed sewerage company for Hunter Avenue.
A company may apply for a new appointment (or a variation of its existing
appointment to serve an additional site) if any of the following three criteria is met:
none of the premises in the proposed area of appointment is served by the
existing appointed company at the time the appointment is made (the
‘unserved criterion’);
each premises is likely to be supplied with at least 50 megalitres per year (in
England) or at least 250 megalitres per year (in Wales) and the customer in
relation to each premises consents (the ‘large user criterion’);
the existing water or sewerage supplier in the area consents to the
appointment (the ‘consent criterion’).
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