28 Jul 2016
Alex Stephenson Market Development Director, Hydro International (12 Jul 2016) ‘If you asked a developer, a planning officer and a consulting engineer for a definition of SuDS, do you think you would get the same answer? I have a suspicion that their answers might well be significantly different. In a recent parliamentary inquiry into future […]
13 Jul 2016
‘CIWEM has partnered with the ICE, RIBA, Landscape Institute, RTPI, WWT and Susdrain to assist the Government’s review on sustainable drainage in England. We hope to collect some objective data and practical examples of SuDS implementation by engaging with professionals working across the flooding, development, planning, design and drainage community. We also hope to identify what we […]
09 Jun 2016
Bruce Horton: The Housing and Planning Bill also completed its progress through Parliament and is now an Act. It requires the government to review SuDS planning policy and councils to create registers of brownfield land with automatic planning consent. However, the final Act stops short of the amendments called for by CIWEM and others, including […]
18 May 2016
River diverted to reduce flood risk Environment Agency ‘Northumbrian Water and the Environment Agency began the £7 million joint flood reduction scheme in October 2014. The Brunton Park scheme will reduce the risk of flooding to more than 100 properties in Mitford Gardens, Princes Close, Fairway Close, Princes Road, Waterbury Road and Clayworth Road. Diverting […]
11 May 2016
Whatever the eventual outcome of their activities it has been encouraging to see the Water professions collaborating to try and make progress on SuDS in the Housing and Planning Bill. Given the scale and costs of major storm and flood events and well as the ‘routine’ nature of flash flooding Government should be doing much […]
13 Apr 2016
Two articles, Copenhagen’s plan and how the EU is working through Water & the Urban agenda The Source ‘Copenhagen City Council signed off on its master plan for cloudburst management in November to be gradually implemented over the next 20 years. Jonathan Andrews explains what the US$1.4 billion plan entails and whether it can become […]
13 Apr 2016
The planner: The administration has launched a long-term water strategy for Northern Ireland, which highlights the need for planning authorities to “prevent inappropriate development in high flood-risk areas and ensure that future development does not increase flood risk”. The strategy, which covers the period up to 2040, also said that planning authorities should encourage measures […]
22 Mar 2016
Susdrain and Hydro International both produce interesting newsletters on SuDS; sign up here. Five Update items 1. Life with SuDS – a view from a Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) susdrain David Edwards Blog: It has nearly been a year since the government included SuDS for major new developments in the National Planning Policy Framework. […]
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