Consultees providing their views on an application for bathing water status for a section of a Suffolk river are being urged to ensure they have filled in the form correctly following reports that some forms will not send.

The window for responses to the application for Waldringfield is due to close on Friday, but campaigners from action group Save the Deben said some people had been in touch reporting that they could not submit their forms.

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Ruth Leach, co-founder of Save the Deben with Suffolk county councillor Caroline Page, advised that a second part of the form - entitled 'Consultee feedback on the online survey'- had to be filled in to make it send.

East Anglian Daily Times: Save the Deben campaigners Caroline Page and Ruth LeachSave the Deben campaigners Caroline Page and Ruth Leach (Image: Ruth Leach)

So both the 'River Deben at Waldringfield' and 'Consultee feedback' sections had to be completed.

Earlier this month, the EADT reported how an application to achieve designated bathing water status for the river Deben at Woodbridge had failed, as the number of swimmers already using the river was deemed to be too low.

Last year, Save the Deben applied to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) for designated bathing water status for sections of the river at Woodbridge and Waldringfield, which would mean it is safe for swimming.

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However, its bid for designated bathing water status at Waldringfield was chosen to move forward to the next stage of the process.

The decision to reject Woodbridge sparked consternation among the campaigners who expressed 'shock and surprise' that the application had been rejected.

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Mrs Page, who is battling terminal cancer, said: "It means I will never in my lifetime be able to swim again in the Deben at Woodbridge.

"I cannot tell you what a loss this is."