Suffolk water shortage may 'throttle back' firms' growth

By Ben Schofield and Naomi RichardsonA water shortage in an area of Suffolk has led to some firms being refused permission to set up or told they could not expand, the BBC has learned.

Andrew Stringer, the senior councillor who oversees planning in Mid Suffolk, said the policy was "quite scary" but "no surprise at all". ESW told Mid Suffolk Council its objection would stay until the company had an approved plan to make the new sheds "water neutral". "And why would you do that? Why would you invest in the Mid Suffolk area when you can go somewhere else?"If similar "burdens" were put on other applications, he added, "it's going to be very hard to see that Mid Suffolk is going to be the place that people will choose to move [to] or expand their business".

Paul Wharton, who runs Whartons Garden Roses just north of the River Waveney in Norfolk, has also been planning a new reservoir after experiencing drier summers.

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