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The Solent Mitigation Partnership has introduced nutrient mitigation credits to promote housing development and protect water quality. These credits stem from an upgrade to a wastewater treatment plant in the Itchen River catchment area, providing developers with nitrogen and phosphorus credits to meet nutrient neutrality requirements.

Initially, 45.10 nitrogen credits and 4.73 phosphorus credits are available for developments in the Winchester planning authority area and those draining to the Itchen River downstream of Itchen Stoke, respectively. This initiative aims to resolve previous development obstacles linked to nutrient neutrality and is part of SMP's ongoing efforts to deliver new mitigation options across the region.