There has recently been an update to London Borough of Richmond’s Basement Impact Assessment (BIA) Guidance (March 2021), with Richmond now requesting more detail from developers on groundwater flooding at their Site. In this post, GeoSmart review the guidance and advise what can be done to meet…
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The Queen’s speech of 11th May 2021 outlined plans to bring the Planning Bill forward so new properties could be developed sooner. Authorities such as Flood Re and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have raised concern that new homes are not built in areas of flood risk. The bill…
Read more…By Jon Haycox: 18 February 2021 As of February 2021, groundwater levels are now high in many areas of England with properties on alert in Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Hampshire and Wiltshire for the risk of groundwater flooding. GeoSmart Information are specialists in groundwater and are monitoring…
Read more…Groundwater flooding represents a significant part of the overall flood risk in the UK, but is widely missed as it results from subsurface flow processes that are not very well understood and hard to observe. This brief review of last Winter brings a useful illustration of the groundwater hazard. …
Read more…Awareness of groundwater flooding has increased this past winter following heavy rainfall which has caused levels in aquifers to rise. Jon Haycox, Data Manager As early as August 2019, GeoSmart Information was informing users of our groundwater flood forecast service that the recharge season had…
Read more…New Sewerage Sector Guidance documentation has been approved by Ofwat under its Code for Adoption Agreements, and has been implemented from 1 April 2020. The rules will allow English water and sewerage companies to adopt a wider range of sewer types, including those with sustainable drainage (SuDs)…
Read more…GeoSmart welcomes Martin Lucass to the board of directors as a Commercial Director. Martin has worked in the Environmental sector for 12 years, with a focus over the last 6 years on the property and development markets. He is passionate about the built environment and the role that environmental…
Read more…Over the last decade, the mix of generation providing electricity to the National Grid has undergone a significant change. In addition to the familiar wind turbines and solar farms are a new breed of battery storage facilities. Like electricity substations, their location must be balanced between…
Read more…Geosmart is raising awareness of the update to the Law Society’s Flood Risk practice note How will it affect your property purchase or development? The Law Society has revised its practice note on Flood Risk, with stronger guidance on the importance of undertaking flood searches and investigating…
Read more…Detailed Drainage Design is usually the final stage within the Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) planning process. Detailed drainage proposals may be submitted with a planning application but may also be subject to planning conditions for approval later in the development process. The…
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