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Will it become too expensive to protect homes from flooding?

January 19^th 2022 in Blog, Climate change, Featured, Flooding, FloodSmart Analytics, Groundwater Flood Forecasting, GW5, Industry news, News, SuDS

An interview was published with Emma Howard Boyd, the head of the Environment Agency, in The Times recently, in which she warned it could become too expensive to save homes that are built on flood plains. The caveat comes after the Climate Change Committee calculated that while there are 1.9…

What is Detailed Drainage Design?

January 28^th 2020 in Blog, Featured

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…

Case Study: Ellen’s Court

September 11^th 2019 in Blog, Featured

Case Study for Emily Temple, ET Planning. A Revised SuDS Assessment to satisfy planning for a residential development We were asked to assist in gaining planning permission for a new residential dwelling at an unoccupied site comprising two derelict buildings. Following an initial SuDS assessment…

September 2^nd 2019 in Blog, Featured

What is a soakaway? A soakaway is a buried drainage feature which seeks to manage surface water on the site and infiltrate into the ground, rather than discharging to an offsite location such as a watercourse or sewer. A soakaway requires excavation and removal of the existing ground, which is…

August 6^th 2019 in Blog, Featured, Property

Is a SuDS assessment compulsory? In certain situations, a Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) assessment is a compulsory requirement. In England, from the 6th April 2015, it became compulsory for SuDS to be considered in planning applications for major developments. In Wales, it is now a…

SuDS: Understanding the Cost Benefits

June 5^th 2019 in Blog, Featured, News, Property

Developers and their architect/planning consultant partners can use SuDS to engage multiple stakeholders and to support the business case to partnership fund SuDS delivery and maintenance. Understanding which sites derive the greatest cost benefit is critical to developers so that their inclusion…

What is a Drainage Assessment?

October 26^th 2018 in Blog, Featured

Most planning application needs a drainage assessment. These vary considerably between Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) and depend on the proposed size of the development, as well as the sensitivity of the local environment and topography to flooding or drainage issues. A crucial early part of the…

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