Residents were very surprised that the sewer was unadopted particularly as everyone who had a search done as part of their property purchase were provided with information by the council that the public sewer was maintained by Southern Water.
Clearly the residents needed this sewer adopted by Southern Water, but in compiling the paperwork needed, certain important documents were received from Colin Edwards of Scarlett & Edwards who built most of the properties, road and sewer. These documents clearly showed that Test Valley Borough Council had a legal agreement with Scarlett & Edwards and letters show that the agreement was completely fulfil to the councils satisfaction including a one year maintenance period. With this data, a letter has been sent to Test Valley Council along with all supporting documents for the councils review which are all available for download . Whilst it is believed that the council will accept this documentation and put it down to an error on their part, Southern Water is a different situation. At the time of the apparent adoption of the sewers, Southern Water was not a commercial utility company and much more linked to the council when it came to adoption of sewers. They (Southern Water) were not part of the agreement signed by the council at that time because of the reason highlighted above, so the view is, today's Southern Water will still wish to go through their costly adoption process. Clear we are looking for Test Valley Borough Council to fund any and all of these costs.
On Wednesday 3rd November, I received a very positive letter from Southern Water and may be viewed here
See my response to Southern Waters letter here that was sent on 3rd November 2004
On 9th September 2005 we received verbal notification that the directors of Southern Water have signed the documents formally accepting that they are totally responsible for the maintenance of the sewers in Abbotts Hill and on 29th October a letter was received formally stating that henceforth the sewers are Southern Water's responsibility to maintain and repair. Click here to see the letter dated 26 October 2005.
You can review the filed plans of the Little Ann Sewer System. They are split into two sections, click here to see the Western Map or here to see the Eastern Map.
Download any of the PDF files below to get a complete picture of the situation:-
