Consultation outcome

Bathing waters: removing Instow from the list of designated bathing waters

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 28 March 2017
• Last updated: 29 March 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Summary of responses

PDF, 192 KB, 7 pages

Detail of outcome

Instow will be removed from the list of bathing waters before the beginning of the 2018 bathing season. Permanent advice against bathing will be introduced at the site.

Detail of feedback received

We received 31 responses to this consultation and we are considering these. We will publish the decision on removing Instow from the list of bathing waters before the 2018 bathing season.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on plans to remove Instow from the list of bathing waters designated under the Bathing Water Regulations (S.I. 2013/1675).

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
28 March 2017 to 11:45pm on 9 May 2017

Consultation description

We want to know what you think about removing Instow from the list of bathing waters designated under the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1675).

The bathing water was classified as poor in 2015 and 2016. It is unlikely that the water quality of this bathing water can be improved.

We welcome comments, based on evidence, about the technical feasibility of improving bathing water quality at the beach to meet at least the minimum standards.

This consultation will be of interest to the recreation sector, leisure and tourism industries, farmers, environmental campaigners and beach users.

Published 28 March 2017
Last updated 29 March 2018 + show all updates

1. 29 March 2018

   Summary of responses added and decision made to remove Instow from the list of bathing waters.

2. 28 March 2017

   First published.