It was standing room only at the Urban Innovation Centre in Clerkenwell, London for our latest seminar on Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). Architects, lawyers, engineers and consultants came together to understand more about the SuDS regime, good SuDS design and local authority planning…
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Earlier this year, the Government announced, along with a package of other measures, a £1.2 billion Starter Home Land Fund to prepare more brownfield land for starter homes. The aim is to ensure local authorities have the opportunity to use this Fund to address housing shortage, local growth and…
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The leading environmental data provider continues its successful partnership to provide improved insight for property professionals and consultants. GeoSmart Information and Landmark Information Group have signed a new agreement to offer more detail on groundwater flood risk at the individual…
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In the first part of our 2 part series on SuDS planning conditions we looked at three typical examples of how planning authorities require statements on feasibility for SuDS to be included on a development site. As a reminder of our third condition example, a typical criteria requirement was added…
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When submitting planning applications, a council will often impose a condition to be met in order for the development to go ahead. The need to assess the inclusion of a sustainable drainage scheme (SuDS) is increasingly part of these requirements. In the first of 2 blogs, we look at typical…
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Essential free CPD seminar on managing Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) conditions in the planning process. Thursday 3 November, Urban Innovation Centre, London, EC1R 0BE. London Planning Authorities are increasingly focused on minimising surface flood risk of new development, through more…
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Whilst well understood, flooding has many faces and large amounts of complex planning guidance. Here’s a handy flood risk guide to help you design your scheme alongside your client and with flood risk in mind: In the UK, the most common forms of flooding are: River flooding – where surface…
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We are delighted to announce that we have further enhanced the range of research resources available in our online Library to include sustainable drainage and strategic flood risk council guidance. For some time, the library has been home to detailed guidance on contaminated land policies by Local…
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The Environment Agency (EA) has devised a set of flood zones for guidance by developers, councils and communities to explain the probability of river and sea flooding, ignoring the presence of flood defences. Flood zones are shown on the EA’s Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), as…
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Brownfield land is often seen as the solution to solving the housing crisis. While Authority planners will give preference to brownfield redevelopment, builders will be rightly concerned that the land could come with a financial as well as physical health warning. Understanding site viability for…
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