surface drainage

Appeal: Sequential test needed for homes in ‘lowest risk’ flood zone

21.06.2019

Matt Moody

Environmental | flooding | South West | surface drainage

An inspector has thrown out plans for three homes in Devon on land within flood zone one – where the risk of river and sea flooding is lowest – ruling that a sequential test must also be applied at sites...
SuDs applications ‘inadequate’ or ‘mixed’

21.01.2019

Laura Edgar

England | flooding | landscape institute | Policy & Politics | RTPI | SUDS | surface drainage | Water & Marine

The quality of planning submissions for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDs) are either ‘inadequate’ or ‘mixed’, according to 96 per cent of local authorities.
Sustainable drainage regime takes shape

26.02.2015

Roger Milne

Cymru | flooding | surface drainage | Water & Marine | Welsh Government

The Welsh Government has begun consulting on interim non-statutory standards for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) in Wales.