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The application is expected to be submitted July 2027.", "rights": "facts_only", "source": {"url": "https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/WA0210001", "name": "Planning Inspectorate", "origin": "live", "checksum": "4263091ce781dc97e719092e280e80a157be305b55c5f52967c021535f8c5630", "observed_at": "2026-10-01T01:13:15.100464+00:00", "revision_id": "ae6171e3-9646-4181-a975-5a53e45e27d5", "published_at": null}, "locator": "native-delivery-adverse_context", "claim_id": "1f2c2556-df6a-4741-8ccd-b94de21f7149", "modality": "reported", "confidence": 0.9, "valid_from": null, "attribution": "Planning Inspectorate", "evidence_id": "1d300d4f-11f9-407b-9682-06c5ee210982", "valid_until": null, "assertion_id": "62312363-3252-4ec8-bc87-c96a97d3d0a7", "temporal_expression": "", "extraction_confidence": 0.9}, "location": {"value": "The project is linear in nature and extends to approximately 160km. From north to south, the project starts at the Minworth Wastewater Recycling Centre north-east of Birmingham. Thereafter water will be transferred eastwards to the Coventry Canal at Atherstone. From the Coventry Canal, the site of the project extends in a south-easterly direction connecting to the Oxford Canal followed by the Grand Union Canal. Water will then be abstracted and treated south of Milton Keynes before being transferred to an existing water supply reservoir near Luton.", "rights": "facts_only", "source": {"url": "https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/WA0210001", "name": "Planning Inspectorate", "origin": "live", "checksum": "4263091ce781dc97e719092e280e80a157be305b55c5f52967c021535f8c5630", "observed_at": "2026-10-01T01:13:15.100464+00:00", "revision_id": "ae6171e3-9646-4181-a975-5a53e45e27d5", "published_at": null}, "locator": "native-location-location", "claim_id": "0b0934ef-dc49-47c6-b1d1-2c3a987f2c78", "modality": "reported", "confidence": 0.9, "valid_from": null, "attribution": "Planning Inspectorate", "evidence_id": "cd2eb16b-3dad-4484-bac4-5fa4ee0b125a", "valid_until": null, "assertion_id": "30f8267b-282a-4be6-87ed-d8dab9661129", "temporal_expression": "", "extraction_confidence": 0.9}}, "origin": "snapshot", "revision": 1, "timeline": [], "is_sample": false, "project_id": "3950e46c-f601-4ba0-880d-8e2928981403", "publication": {"local_only": false, "reviewed_at": "2026-10-16T08:37:11.702588+00:00", "indexability": "noindex", "buying_window": "unknown", "policy_version": "accepted-destination-v1", "template_version": "dossier-v1"}, "public_summary": "The planned scheme would transfer recycled water from Severn Trent\u2019s supply area to areas of water deficit in Affinity Water\u2019s supply area, using new treatment and pipeline infrastructure alongside existing canals, with storage and further treatment before entry to Affinity Water\u2019s network. The described route is approximately 160 km, from Minworth near Birmingham via Atherstone and the Coventry, Oxford and Grand Union canals to a reservoir near Luton. The project page reports pre-application status and an expected application submission in July 2027. The source was observed on 1 October 2026; these statements do not establish subsequent progress [u0026; source observation date: 1 October 2026].", "schema_version": "1.0", "public_unknowns": ["The supplied paragraphs do not establish a tender timetable, budget, appointed EPC or contractor, capacity, or specific supplier packages.", "Current progress after the source observation on 1 October 2026 is not established by this record; the reported July 2027 submission date is an expectation [u0026; source observation date: 1 October 2026].", "Only the supplied project-page paragraphs were reviewed, not the whole page or linked documents. Email-containing and link-only material was excluded, and graphical content was not reviewed [source coverage and limitations; u0001\u2013u0027]."], "evidence_observed_at": "2026-10-01T01:13:15.100464+00:00", "knowledge_reviewed_at": "2026-10-16T08:37:11.702588+00:00", "decisive_evidence_observed_at": "2026-10-01T01:13:15.100464+00:00", "export_metadata": {"publisher": "CapexCue", "project_title": "The Grand Union Canal Transfer", "original_project_title": "The Grand Union Canal Transfer", "canonical_url": "https://capexcue.com/projects/rr21-grand-union-pins-v1/", "release": {"id": "1a11d74e-8743-42b1-bf51-0a43b3b39262", "number": 1, "published_at": "2026-10-16T08:37:12.260248+00:00"}, "release_reference": "release 1 (1a11d74e-8743-42b1-bf51-0a43b3b39262)", "current_dossier_url": "https://capexcue.com/projects/rr21-grand-union-pins-v1/", "citation": "CapexCue \u2014 The Grand Union Canal Transfer \u2014 dossier released 2026-10-16T08:37:12.260248+00:00, release 1 (1a11d74e-8743-42b1-bf51-0a43b3b39262) \u2014 https://capexcue.com/projects/rr21-grand-union-pins-v1/.", "edition_note": "This file records the release identified above; visit the current dossier for later updates.", "presentation": {"version": "dossier-presentation-v7", "project_milestones": [], "project_category": {"basis": "codex_retained_dossier_curation", "value": "water_environment", "support": {"end": 968, "start": 0, "sources": [{"url": "https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/WA0210001", "name": "Planning Inspectorate", "origin": "live", "checksum": "4263091ce781dc97e719092e280e80a157be305b55c5f52967c021535f8c5630", "observed_at": "2026-10-01T01:13:15.100464+00:00", "revision_id": "ae6171e3-9646-4181-a975-5a53e45e27d5", "published_at": null}], "modality": "planned", "predicate": "scope", "raw_value": "The Grand Union Canal Transfer project will transfer water from Severn Trent\u2019s supply area to areas of water deficit in Affinity Water\u2019s supply area, via a combination of treatment plants, pipelines and use of the Canal & River Trust\u2019s historic canal network. 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