Try our AI Explainer
This notice is long. Get a simplified view of the most important information, including key dates and locations is seconds.
Dorney Common - Carry Out Restricted Works
What is happening?
Thames Water Utilities Limited has applied to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for consent under section 38 of the Commons Act 2006 to carry out restricted works on Dorney Common.
The Planning Inspectorate will decide the application on behalf of the Secretary of State.
The proposed works are:
To replace the existing rising main that runs below Dorney Common. The existing main will be left in situ and replacement 315mm main will be laid alongside. The new pipe is intended to connect to the existing main at the Jubilee River and at Dorney Lake and the working area will run across the Common from these locations.
Post and wire fencing will be used to enclose the working area and access routes from the adopted highways of Boveney Road and Common Road across Dorney Common (SL4 6PX). Heras fencing will be used around the open excavations, no greater than 300m in length at any one time. The working area is approximately 24,750m2 and total length of fencing is approximately 1,650m.
A copy of the application form and accompanying documents showing the
proposed works can be inspected at Eton Town Council, 102 High St, Eton,
Windsor SL4 6AJ between normal office hours until the 14th of November 2026.
A copy of the application form and accompanying documents may be
obtained by writing to Thalia Clitheroe, Dalcour Maclaren, Priory Court, Poulton, Cirencester GL7 5JB or emailing thalia.clitheroe@dalcourmaclaren.com.
Any representations should be sent in writing ON or BEFORE that date to
commonlandcasework@planninginspectorate.gov.uk. If you require a postal
address please telephone 0303 444 5625 or 5177.
If you use artificial intelligence (AI) to create or alter any part of documents,
information or data submitted with a representation, you should tell The Planning Inspectorate that you have done so when you submit it. See the detailed Use of artificial intelligence in casework evidence guidance for further information.
Letters sent to the Planning Inspectorate cannot be treated as confidential.
They will be copied to the applicant and possibly to other interested parties. To find out more about how the Planning Inspectorate uses and manages personal data, please go to the privacy notice.
Thames Water Utilities Limited
Clearwater Court
Vastern Road, Reading
Berkshire RG1 8DB
14th October 2026.
Need to publish a public notice?
If you need to publish a public notice, please contact Maidenhead Advertiser directly at:
