Environmental Incentives Scheme
Our environmental incentives scheme aims to help you achieve a high standard of water efficiency performance and encourage the use of sustainable drainage systems.
You may be eligible for our environmental incentives scheme if your development meets the criteria as set out below and in our terms and conditions.
Criteria
The environmental incentive scheme is only applicable to schemes quoted on 2024/2025 charges, some supporting evidence will be required at the point of application and further evidence demonstrating compliance with the criteria must be provided after the property is complete and prior to being sold. Details can be found in the incentives and evidence required section below.
The incentives will be paid per qualifying plot, as defined in our terms and conditions, and will be paid to the developer.
All devices are to be sourced and fitted by the Developer/SLP.
We have introduced a tiered approach to our environmental incentives scheme.
- You must achieve all of tier 1 to be eligible for tier 2*.
- To be eligible for tier 3 you must have achieved all of tier 1, and the water re-use and at least one of the no surface water connection and or permeable surfaces from tier 2.
*Apartments – as individual apartments do not have their own roof it would not be possible for each apartment to achieve the tier 1 wastewater incentive (water butt, raised rain planter or rain garden), therefore we would not prevent apartments from progressing to tier 2 without the tier 1 wastewater.
*Houses – as individual houses each have their own roofs, they would be able to achieve the tier 1 wastewater incentive and therefore would need to achieve the tier 1 water and wastewater incentive to be able to progress to tier 2. For tier 1 wastewater, each house would need to have their own downpipe connected to a water butt, raised rain planter or rain garden.
Incentive | 2024/2025 Incentive £ |
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To be eligible for the Environmental Incentives Scheme a water meter must be installed on the property, failure to do so will mean the plot is ineligible for any incentive. A leak check must be completed showing there is no leak at the premises to be eligible for the environmental incentives scheme. |
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Tier 1 | |
Water Property is built to a design consumption rate of 100 litres per person per day or less plus Installation of a flow regulator which limits the flow to 14 litres per minute (flow regulator is to be sourced and fitted by the Developer/SLP) |
£272 |
Wastewater Installation of a water butt or raised rain planter with a capacity of at least 200 litres connected to the properties main roof drainage, or Rain garden the size of 2% - 4% of the properties main roof that drains to the rain garden. |
£20 |
Tier 2 | |
Water re-use Installation of rainwater harvesting system with a capacity of at least 1,000 litres as the primary water source for all toilets, as a minimum, within the property or Installation of grey water re-use system with a capacity of at least 225 litres as the primary water source for all toilets, as a minimum, within the property |
£400 |
No surface water connection – Where the property has no direct or indirect connection for surface water drainage to our sewers |
£288 |
Permeable surfaces Installation of permeable surfaces to the properties driveway/parking areas |
£150 |
Tier 3 | |
Water offsetting – We will carry out 6 audits of existing properties for each new build property that is applying for tier 3, and where we can, fix leaks, install water savings devices or install a water meter. The water savings from doing this should offset the demand from the new build property. |
Cost to the Developer £553 plus VAT |
Incentive paid £664 |