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SuDS Route MapsICE & ACO Guide to Effective Surface Water Management2018 Version

SuDS ROUTE MAPS - Surface Water Management Measures

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What are SuDS?

SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) are surface water management measures which mimic natural hydrological processes, offering benefits in flood risk management, water quality, biodiversity, and public amenity. The most commonly accepted definition for SuDS in the UK can be found on the SuDS community susdrain website (http://www.susdrain.org) . Through susdrain’s work, practitioners have been able to demonstrate from UK and international examples that SuDS features in new developments and existing urban spaces can aid mental wellbeing, deliver health benefits, add real economic value to a place, absorb carbon dioxide, provide urban cooling in summer and encourage infiltration, reducing the burden on public sewerage networks.

The ICE / ACO SuDS route maps

This guide was produced by the ICE SuDS Task Group which was sponsored by ACO Technologies plc. Starting in September 2016 the group brought together experts from a wide range of professional and organisational backgrounds including design, planning, policy and retrofitting, for the defined project of producing a resource that would assist SuDS practitioners, specifically to help get more SuDS more widely adopted.

The Task Group’s survey, in early 2017, of over 400 practitioners indicated, amongst other things, that most thought that a set of route maps to summarise the phases of SuDS delivery would be most helpful for the wide range of professionals involved in delivering SuDS.

There is a wealth of high quality resources and information relating to SuDS design and delivery – notably the CIRIA C753 SuDS Manual and the supportive community susdrain. The ICE SuDS Task Group wanted to draw together relevant resources into one single place, to provide professionals and stakeholders involved in SuDS delivery a clear, easy to follow process for the delivery of SuDS and signposting to relevant resources. These SuDS Route Maps have been peer reviewed by consultants, Water UK members and environmental organisations of the four UK nations, and their feedback incorporated.

The route maps serve two functions:

1 Outlining the processes and stages involved in SuDS delivery (Pre-planning, Outline Design, Detailed Design, Pre-construction, Construction, Adoption, Maintenance and Retrofitting).

2 Providing links to other sources of information and resources to enable professionals to design, deliver, adopt and maintain SuDS.

It is important to note that the purpose of these route maps is not to replace the advice or expertise of SuDS professionals, or to provide a detailed and comprehensive guide to SuDS. Rather, the aim of is to act as an aide memoire for existing and future SuDs professionals. The Task Group also very much hopes that the route maps will help explain the processes involved to fellow built environment professionals who currently may not know a great deal about the many tasks required for successful SuDS delivery, as the need for SuDS and their multiple benefits become more widely accepted.

The route maps will be updated and maintained in line with updates to SuDS guidance and regulation and other developments in the sector.

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The Context for SuDS

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Policy, Procedures and Barriers

It is a requirement of most new developments in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to consider and deliver SuDS as part of proposed surface water management measures. Across the four countries, the delivery mechanisms for SuDS and technical capabilities for SuDS are varied:

Schedule 3 of the Flood & Water Management Act (2010), which would have provided established SuDS Approval Bodies (SABs) in each Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA), was not implemented in England

Plans to implement schedule 3 of the Flood & Water Management Act (2010) in Wales are well advanced

In Scotland, the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) Regulations have required SuDS for new developments since 2006, and SuDS are routinely installed in new developments

Non statutory SuDS technical guidance was developed in England, Northern Ireland and Wales

LLFAs were made statutory consultee on surface water management, including SuDS, in major developments in England and Wales

In Northern Ireland, there is no automatic right to connect to the public sewer network (Sewerage Services Act, 2016) and some SuDS components can be adopted by Northern Ireland Water

Water UK, the UK water industry body, is considering embedding a SuDS standard for components that sewerage undertakers can adopt within the unifying adoption document ‘Sewers for Adoption 8’

The variation in policy and legislation surrounding SuDS delivery, in combination with differing governmental (national and local) organisational structures, funding and skills, is often cited as a challenge to the delivery of successful SuDS (as found in CIWEM’s report, ‘A Place for SuDS’, 2017).

In England, policies and regulations concerning SuDS continued to develop, with variable levels of implementation following the introduction of the Flood and Water Management Act (2010). Evidence from the CIWEM Big SuDS Survey (2017) states that the vast majority of respondents involved in SuDS delivery consider current SuDS policy ineffective and that the full benefits of SuDS are not being realised. However, the greatest barrier to SuDS delivery (commonly reported by housebuilders, practitioners and authorities alike) is the lack of a single adopting body or clear route for adoption of SuDS in new developments. In some cases these challenges are being overcome by early and effective engagement from stakeholders that desire SuDS.

Opportunities for Great SuDS

As a nation, we are already experiencing the effects of a changing climate on our communities and our infrastructure. Now more than ever there is a requirement for high quality, resilient place-making, to create better and healthier environments that will not only remain resilient to the long term effects of climate change, but will also deliver tangible benefits to the environment, ecology and people’s lives.

The government’s housing ambition (one million homes delivered over the course of this parliament) outlined in the Housing and Planning Act (2016) will increase pressure on potable water supplies and urbanisation (and the associated risk of surface water flooding) and could lead to the increased fragmentation of habitats in our urban centres. Consideration of SuDS early on in the master planning process, prior to any outline design, potentially as part of pre-application discussions, can be extremely effective in combatting such pressures. By working collaboratively and engaging early in the development planning process, developers, local planning authorities, LLFAs, Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) , highways authorities, Water and Sewerage Companies (WaSCs), other utilities providers, landowners, and the public, can integrate effective water management techniques into new and existing communities. This principle is enshrined in and expanded on in the CIRIA C753 SuDS Manual (Part B).

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SuDS can also play a part in mitigating the requirements for future infrastructure improvements (e.g. reducing the quantity of surface water entering public drainage networks, hence reducing the risk of foul water flooding to homes and property and removing, or reducing, the need for drainage network capacity enhancements).

Delivering Great SuDS

In order to gain all the benefits that SuDS provide, SuDS design must be considered at the very start of the feasibility stages of a project and must also be factored in prior to land purchase. If SuDS are integrated into the vision and layout for the development, they will provide many opportunities

to add value, character and desirability to a development. If the layout of a proposed SuDS scheme can be agreed at the conceptual master planning stage, then iterative design processes can exploit opportunities and overcome constraints by refining the design to make the best use of available space within a development to deliver a high quality integrated water management solution.

Good outcomes are underpinned by due consideration to the layout, function and land-take from the outset, to avoid designers having to effectively squeeze and retrofit lesser quality measures into the drainage design. Section 7.1 of the CIRIA C753 SuDS Manual describes the benefits of considering SuDS from the outset.

SuDS Development in Northern Ireland

Owing to significant differences in approach compared to the rest of the UK it has not been possible to comprehensively include Northern Ireland within the graphic route maps contained within this document.

The NI planning system is legally and functionally separate from the rest of the UK. The strategic policy framework for SuDS is provided by

the Regional Development Strategy 2035 (RDS)

Regional planning policy within the Strategic Planning Policy Statement (SPPS)

New legislation (The Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016) places a statutory duty on developers to demonstrate that they have considered SuDS before requesting a connection to the public drainage network.

To connect to the public sewer network, developers must also engage

with NI Water and enter into an Article 161 agreement to have their infrastructure (potentially including SuDS Systems) adopted by NI Water provided that it conforms to their adoption standards.

Guidance for the construction of sewers is in Sewers for Adoption (1st Edition). An update is planned for 2018.

NI Water offers a Pre Development Enquiry service prior to submitting a formal application.

Developers may also be required to undertake a Drainage Assessment (DA) or Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) and should engage with Department for Infrastructure (Rivers) early in the process to discuss before any application for a ‘Consent to Discharge’ to a watercourse.

As in the rest of the UK, it is recommended that developers contact the relevant planning authority and/or drainage authority early in the planning application process to allow for the discussion on the inclusion of SuDS early in the design of the scheme.

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Pre-Planning

OutlineDesign

DetailedDesign

PreConstruction Construction MaintenanceAdoption

Retrofitting

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SuDS route maps KEY:

Phase

Preceding / succeeding route map

Current phase

Milestone point

Task

Task / requirement

Consult / consider

Regulatory / process requirement

Optional or site / application dependant consideration

Resource / link

Link to web page

Direct download

Case study

Various proprietary software packages

How to use these route maps

Each of the route maps focuses on a particular stage of SuDS implementation (e.g. pre-planning, construction, adoption, retrofitting). The route maps are not meant as an exhaustive, definitive set of instructions to replace professional expertise but as a guide to inform those working to implement SuDS in a variety of professional, project and different UK-nations contexts. In addition to those who may already probably be quite familiar with at least the concept of SuDS (e.g. water engineers and chartered environmentalists), we would like the booklet to be a useful guide for planners, architects, developers, contractors and all those involved in the construction phase.

Within each route map, there are four ‘swim lanes’ going from top to bottom:

Phase boxes in this swim lane state the purpose of the activity at this point

Task boxes in this swim lane state the actions to be performed at this point

Consult/Consider boxes in this swim lane state the different organisations, guidelines or regulatory requirements that must be consulted (dark blue) or should be considered (lighter blue)

Linked Resources boxes in this swim lane show relevanr more detailed resources, many free to access, with active hyperlinks (in the PDF version) and a cross-referenced list of url’s.

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Groundconditions &

infiltration (B4)

DevelopmentMasterplanning

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Planningrequirements

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discussions) (B1.1)

Local planningpolicy / Local

authorityrequirements

Nationalplanning policy

Undertakestakeholderconsultation

Design criteria (7.5.2)

Environmentaland design

constraints (B5)

Surface WaterManagement

Plans

LLFA

Groundwaterprotection

e.g. Doncaster

SPD

e.g. Cambridgeshire

SPD

Localplanningauthority

CIRIA (C753)SuDS Manual

SuDS for Roads(Scotland)

Flood mapfor planning

Flood map(Scotland) Surface water

flooding map

Note: numbers shown in some Tasks and Consult / Consider refer to CIRIA (C753) SuDS Manual, Section 7 or Appendix B

SuDS PRE-PLANNING

e.g. Londonsustainable

drainageaction plan

e.g. North Somerset CC Core Strategy(Policy CS2)

e.g.London Plan

Supplementaryplanning

document Local plan/Area action

plan

Flood map (Wales)

EA/NRW/SEPA

LLFA

LLFA

HighwayAuthority

OtherUtilities

Dischargepoints (7.5.3)

Definehydrologicalcatchments

(7.5.4)

Floodrisk

WaSC

IDB

e.g.Barton AAP

e.g.CambridgeSWMP

e.g.CoventrySWMP

e.g.Huntingdonshire

SFRA

BRE LIFEproject

EA/NRW/SEPA/Groundwater

contamination

BGSinfiltration

map

BGSwebsite

Sewers forScotland

e.g. Wessex Water SuDS

Policye.g. HantsGuidance

e.g. Lancashire pre-application

advice

DunfermlineEastern

Expansion

OutlineDesign

Non-statutoryTechnicalStandards

EA ClimateChange

Allowances

BREEAM

LASOOGuidance

GWSPZmap

Strategicflood risk

assessment

e.g. LincolnshireGuidance

PPG

SPP(Scotland) para 232

NPPF(England)

TAN 15(Wales)

Welsh Govt.Interim

Standardsfor SuDS

e.g. Lancashire pre-application

advice

Regional/Local/Neighbourhood

Action Plan

Building standards

(Scot)

Technical handbooks

(Scot)

Water Quality

Infiltration

Combined sewer

Surface water body

Surface water sewer

Surface water

Water Framework Directive UK TAG

Habitat creation

improvements

Concept/Strategy

Define outlinedevelopment

characteristics(7.5.1)

Produce initialconceptual

drainage design(7.5)

DMRB4.2

Sewers for Adoption(England & Wales)

e.g. Somerset Drainage Board Guidance

on Infiltration

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Design forexceedence/

resilience (B5)

QuantityControl (B5)

Water quality amenity,

biodiversity requirements (B5)

Options forMaintenance and

Adoption (B8)

OutlinePlanning

Application

WaSC

Topographicalsurvey/DTM

Rainfalland runoff

ratesIdentifystorage

FEH

RefH2

UK SuDStool

EA ClimateChange

Allowances

FD2320(Flood Hazard)

CIRIA (C738)Designing forExceedance

WFDRiver qualityassessment

Susdrain B£ST tool

Dischargequality

Amenity

Surface water

Ground water

assessment

Biodiversity LLFAGuidance

Health& Safety

Sewers forAdoption

(England & Wales)

Sewers forScotland

DEFRA FRAfor PlanningApplications

Planningportal (E&W)

e-planning(Scot)

PAN 61(Scot)

Note: numbers shown in some Tasks and Consult / Consider refer to CIRIA (C753) SuDS Manual, Section 7 or Appendix B

SuDS OUTLINE DESIGN

Guidance forStakeholdersSuDS

Maintenance & Adoption

Options(England)

OakengatesLeisure Centre

PlanningLASOOguidance

UK SuDStool

Variousproprietarysoftwarepackages

CIRIA (C753)SuDS Manual

CIRIA (C753)SuDS Manual

CIRIA (C753)SuDS Manual

CIRIA (C753)SuDS Manual

CIRIA (C738c)Designing forExceedanceCase Studies

Centre for Ecology &Hydrology

CIRIA (C635)Design for

ExceedanceGood Practice

Hydraulicmodelling &assessment

Flood RiskAssessment

e.g. Wessex Water SuDS

Policy

Water & Drainage Assessment Guide (Scot)

CDM Regulations

CIRIA (C753)SuDS Manual

(7.6)

Water & drainage

assessment guide

(Scotland)

SEPADevelopment

Plan GuidanceNote 2a

Phase1 habitat survey

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DetailedDesign

DevelopmentTender

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Decision Notice

ReviewPermissions &

supportingdocuments

Perform SuDSPre-planning

Requirement forformal approval

of design

Progress detaildesign to

tender issue

FRADrainageStrategy

Guidance forStakeholders

CDMRegulations

FRA forPlanning

Applications

DecisionNotice

SEPADevelopment

Plan GuidanceNote 2a

SuDS DETAILED DESIGN

Reviewpreliminary

design

OutlineDesign

Approval of anyundischarged

planningconditions

Review/updateH&S

documentation

Ensure sufficientspecification

details for pricing

Changes todesign brief?

Check designagainst

objectives

Checkcalculations

Review H&Simplications of

design proposals

Check waterquality

requirements

HighwayAuthority

WaSC

Building standards

(Scot)

EA

LLFA NRW

Section 73Town & Country

Planning Act

SponsExternal Works& Landscapes

Spons CivilEngineering& Highway

CDMRegulations

Construction

CIRIA (C753)SuDS Manual

CIRIA (C753)SuDS Manual

SEPA

IDB

Land Owner

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Contractorselected

Contractor award

DetailedDesign

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achievingdesign objectives?

QS/Contractorto review and

priceUpdate design

Ensure appprovals

and agreements are in place

H&Sdocumentation

FinalPlanningApproval

Inspectionprogramme

PRE-CONSTRUCTION

Constructionprogramme

SponsExternal Works& Lanscapes

Increasedmaintenance orreduced design

life?

Approvalsat risk?

LLFALiaison

Liabilityperiod

EA/NRW/SEPA

LLFA

HighwayAuthority

WaSC

IDB

RiskAssessmentand site H&S

plan

CDM Regulations NEC4Engineering &Construction

Tender ValueEngineering

Contractorselected

Pre-constructioninformation

Planningportal

e-planningScotland

Spons CivilEngineering& Highway

NEC4Subcontract

CIRIA (C768) Construction

of SuDS

CIRIA (C753)SuDS Manual

B.6 and B.7

CIRIA (C768) Construction

of SuDS

SiteInvestigationReport, inc. Infiltration

Trees/ProtectedSpecies

Services andUnderground

Structures

TopologicalSurvey

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CONSTRUCTION

CDMRegulations

ConstructionLiabilities

Period

SiteHandover

Construction/InstallationConstruction

HealthSafety

EnvironmentConstructionProgramme

Adoption

Defectsrectified?

Return ofany bond

Handoverdocumentation

YES

Constructiondrainage

EA/NRW/SEPA

Surface water runoff

Documentationinc. Maintenance

Manual

ConstructionFinish

FinalInspection

As builtdrawings

Health &Safety

Traffic plan(compaction) Building

Control?

SpecialistInspection?

LLFA/LPA(Wales)

WaSC (E&W)

LLFA/LPAApproval(Wales)

NO

CIRIA (C753)SuDS Manual

CIRIA (C768) Construction

of SuDS

CDM DocumentationSite

license(Scotland)

Controlled water activities

(Scotland)

Designing Building

Wiki

ConstructionEnvironmentalManagement

Plan

Environmental

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Construction Maintenance

WaSCrequirements

Review potentialadoption &

maintenance

Sewersfor Scotland

Transferfrom LA

Note: Phase ordering does not imply a heirarchy of preference for adoption route

ADOPTION

Potentialadoption/

maintenancePrivate

ownership

Highwaysrequirement

HighwaysLocalAuthority WaSC Community

ownership

Communitybenefit?

Communityengagement

BristolBusiness Park

SpringhillCo-housing

LArequirements

Communityengagement

Highwaysdept.

guidance

HighwaysAct

Section 38

WaterIndustry Act

Section 115

PublicRequest to

Order Disposal

HA 1980Section 38

WIA 1991Section 115

Section 104 agreement

(E&W)

Section104

e.g. AnglianWater SuDS

AdoptionManuale.g. Anglian

Water

e.g. UnitedUtilities

Local Plan/Area Action

Plan

SuDSMaintenance &

Adoption Options(England)

e.g DurhamC.C. Guide

e.g.Manor Ponds

Sheffield

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

ElvethamHeath

Town & Country planning

(Scot)

London RoadLeics.

PublicRequest to

Order Disposal

Alma Road

Bridget JoyceSquare

Refer to SuDsOutline Design

Routemap – Optionsfor Maintenance

and Adoption

Sewers forAdoption

(England & Wales)

LLFA

LAguidance

Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 Section 7

agreements

Sewerage (Scotland)

Act 1968 Section 7 agreements

Section75Secton 7

sewerage Scotland

Act

Section106

Section 75Agreement (Scotland)

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Local WaSCguidanceon SuDS

Land tranfser /right of access

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MAINTENANCE

AdoptionHighwaysAdopted

Components

WaSCAdopted

ComponentsLA AdoptedComponents

Commutedsum

CommunityEngagement

CommunityAdopted

Residentialunadopted

Residentsmanagement

committee

MaintenancePlan

MaintenanceProgramme

MaintenanceManual

Lamb Drove

Periodof agreement

SuDSMaintenance &

Adoption Options(England)

3rd partymaintenance

company

3rd partymaintenance

company

eg. AnglianWater SuDS

Adoption Manualsection 10

Scottish Water SuDS Vesting Guide

Welcome BreakWheatley

Maintenancerequirements Vesting

RiversidePlace

SpringhillCo-housingCIRIA (C753)

SuDS Manual

RegularMaintenance

OccasionalMaintenance

RemedialMaintenance

Commercialunadopted

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CIRIA (C713) Retrofitting areas to effectively manage surface water

Contractorselected

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opportunity

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Identifythe site

Identify and initiatediscussions withkey stakeholders

Establish keyconstraints

Establishdesigncriteria

RETROFITTING SuDS

High levelconsideration

of feasibleactions

Identify andobtain funding

Apply for andsecure fundingcommittment Outline

design process

LocalPlanningAuthority

Utilitycompaniesfor existing

infrastructure

Residents/commercial

property ownersor users

Detaileddesign process

LASOOGuidance

EA ClimateChange

Allowancese.g. Somerset Rivers Authority

e.g. Bristol Avon Catchment Partnership

Pre-construction

Constructionprocess

Adoptionprocess

Maintenanceprocess

Bridget JoyceSquare

Firs FarmWetlands

Queen Mary’sWalk

e.g. Croydon Council FD2619

CIRIA B£STtool

Sewers forAdoption

(England & Wales)

Sewers forScotland

CIL

Specific targetseg. specific water

quality issue

Common targetseg. good practice

across an area

Futureopportunities

eg. urbanregeneration

Reducedflood risk

Blue Corridors

Futureopportunities

Climate changeresilience

Biodiversityand Ecology

benefits

Amenityand Aestheticimprovement

Land take &ownership

Groundconditions

Topography

ExistingUtilities

& Services

Localcommunitywillingness WaSC

Contribution

DeveloperContribution

HighwayAuthority

Interceptingrainwater from

combinedsewers

Other LocalAuthority

Departments

WaSC

LLFA

EnvironmentAgency

HighwaysEngland

Catchment Partnerships

RiverBoards

EA Funding(FCERM-AG/GiA)

Local EnterprisePartnership

Communityinfrastructure

Levy

DMRB4.2

Renfrew Close Alma Road

WaSC

IDB

LLFA

Flood &Coastal Erosion

Management

SEPA (Scot)

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PRE-PLANNING

Barton AAP https://www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/download/424/barton_area_action_plan

BGS Infiltration map http://www.bgs.ac.uk/products/hydrogeology/infiltrationSuds.html

BGS Website http://www.bgs.ac.uk/

BRE LiFE Project https://www.bre.co.uk/page.jsp?id=3186

BREEAM https://www.breeam.com/

Building standards (Scot) https://beta.gov.scot/policies/building-standards/

Cambridge SWMP https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/business/planning-and-development/water-minerals-and-waste/surface-water-management-plans/

Cambridgeshire Flood and Water SPD https://www.scambs.gov.uk/cambs-flood-and-water-spd

CIRIA (C753) SuDS Manual https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/SuDS_manual_C753.aspx

Coventry SWMP http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/file/19458/coventry_surface_water_management_plan

DMRB 4.2 http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/vol4/section2.htm

Doncaster SPD http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/planning/development-and-floodrisk-spd

Dunfermline Eastern Expansion http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/dunfermline_eastern_expansion_residential_suds_scheme_dunfermline.html

EA Climate Change allowances https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-assessments-climate-change-allowances

Flood map for planning https://flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk/

Flood maps (Scotland) https://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/water/flooding/flood-maps/

Flood maps (Wales) https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/maps/long-term-flood-risk/?lang=en

GWSPZ Map http://apps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/37833.aspx

Hants Guidance http://documents.hants.gov.uk/flood-water-management/SurfaceWaterandSuDSGuidance-Nov2015.pdf

Huntingdonshire SFRA http://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/environmental-issues/flooding/strategic-flood-risk-assessment/

LASOO Guidance http://www.peterborough-suds.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/155639-SUDS-Booklet-A4-LR.pdf

Lancashire Pre-application Advice http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/media/657248/LLFA-Standing-Pre-Application-Advice.pdf

Lincolnshire Guidance https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/transport-and-roads/strategy-policy-and-licences/control-of-new-development-affecting-the-highway/development-road-specification-and-construction/87183.article?size=normal

London Plan https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/london-plan

London Sustainable Drainage Action Plan https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/lsdap_december_2016.pdf

Non-statutory Technical Standards https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-drainage-systems-non-statutory-technical-standards

North Somerset C.C. Core Strategy http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Core-Strategy-adopted-version.pdf

NPPF (England) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-planning-policy-framework--2

PPG https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/planning-practice-guidance

Sewers for Adoption (England & Wales) http://sfa.wrcplc.co.uk/

Sewers for Adoption (NI) http://www.webookshop.com/acatalog/Sewers-for-Adoption--Northern-Ireland-DUS035X.html

Sewers for Scotland http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/business/connections/connecting-your-property/sewers-for-scotland-and-suds

Somerset Drainage Boards Consortium http://www.somersetdrainageboards.gov.uk/planning_Infiltration.pdf

SPP http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/Policy

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Strategic Planning Policy Statement (NI) https://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/policy/spps_28_september_2015-3.pdf

SuDS for Roads (Scotland) http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/business/connections/connecting-your-property/sewers-for-scotland-and-suds

Surface water flooding map https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/long-term-flood-risk/map

TAN 15 http://gov.wales/topics/planning/policy/tans/tan15/?lang

Technical handbooks (Scot) http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/Building/Building-standards/techbooks/techhandbooks

Water Framework Directive UK TAG https://www.wfduk.org/

Welsh Government Interim Standards http://gov.wales/docs/desh/publications/151230-suds-standards-en.pdf for SuDS

Wessex Water Planning - SuDS Policy https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/Developers/Developers---planning/

OUTLINE DESIGN

CDM Regulations http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/51/contents/made

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology https://www.ceh.ac.uk/services/flood-modelling

CIRIA B£ST tool http://www.susdrain.org/resources/best.html

CIRIA (C635) Design for Exceedance https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/Designing_exceedance_drainage.aspx?WebsiteKey=3f18c87a-d62b-4eca-8ef4-9b09309c1c91 Good Practice

CIRIA (C738) Designing for Exceedance https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/c738.aspx

CIRIA (C738c) Designing for Exceedance https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/c738.aspx Case Studies

CIRIA (C753) SuDS Manual https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/SuDS_manual_C753.aspx

EA Climate change allowances https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-assessments-climate-change-allowances

e-planning Scotland https://www.eplanning.scot/ePlanningClient/

FD2320 (Flood Hazard) http://evidence.environment-agency.gov.uk/FCERM/Libraries/FCERM_Project_Documents/FD2320_3364_TRP_pdf.sflb.ashx

FEH https://fehweb.ceh.ac.uk/

DEFRA FRA for Planning Applications https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-assessment-for-planning-applications

Guidance for Stakeholders https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/162602/ss-nfr-p-002-technical-flood-risk-guidance-for-stakeholders.pdf

Oakengates Leisure Centre http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/oakengates_leisure_centre_telford_managing_exceedance.html

PAN 61 (Scot) https://beta.gov.scot/publications/pan-61-sustainable-urban-drainage-systems/Planning%20Advice%20Note%20PAN%2061%20Sustainable%20urban%20drainage%20systems.pdf?inline=true

Phase 1 Habitat Survey http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2468

Planning Portal https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200127/planning

Planning Portal NI https://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/tools/public-access-info.htm

ReFH2 http://files.hydrosolutions.co.uk/refh2/ReFH2_Technical_Report.pdf

SEPA Development Plan Guidance Note 2a https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/306609/lups-dm-gu2a-development-management-guidance-on-flood-risk.pdf

Sewers for Adoption (England & Wales) http://sfa.wrcplc.co.uk/

Sewers for Scotland http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/business/connections/connecting-your-property/sewers-for-scotland-and-suds

SuDS maintenance and adoption options http://www.susdrain.org/files/resources/fact_sheets/09_15_fact_sheet_suds_maintenance_and_adoption_options_england_.pdf (England)

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Technical Handbooks (Scot) http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/Building/Building-standards/techbooks/techhandbooks

UK SuDS Tool http://www.uksuds.com/

Water Assessment and Drainage https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/163472/water_assessment_and_drainage_assessment_guide.pdf Assessment Guide

Wessex Water Planning - SuDS Policy https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/Developers/Developers---planning/

WFD River Quality Assessment http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?x=357683.0&y=355134.0&scale=1&layerGroups=default&ep=map&lang= _e&textonly=off&topic=riverquality

DETAILED DESIGN

CDM Regulations http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/51/contents/made

CIRIA (C753) SuDS Manual https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/SuDS_manual_C753.aspx

FRA for Planning Applications https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-assessment-for-planning-applications

Guidance for Stakeholders https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/162602/ss-nfr-p-002-technical-flood-risk-guidance-for-stakeholders.pdf

Section 73 Town & Country Planning Act http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/73

SEPA Development Plan Guidance Note 2a https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/306609/lups-dm-gu2a-development-management-guidance-on-flood-risk.pdf

Spons Civil Engineering & Highway http://www.rics.org/uk/shop/Spons-Civil-Engineering-and-Highway-Works-Price-Book-2018-20686.aspx

Spons External Works & Landscapes http://www.rics.org/uk/shop/Spons-External-Works-and-Landscape-Price-Book-2018-20685.aspx

PRE-CONSTRUCTION

CDM Regulations http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/51/contents/made

CIRIA (C753) SuDS Manual https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/SuDS_manual_C753.aspx

CIRIA (C768) Construction of SuDS https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/Guidance_on_the_construction_of_SuDS_-_C768.aspx

CIRIA RP992 http://www.susdrain.org/files/resources/SuDS_manual_output/paper_rp992_17_health_and_safety_principles.pdf

e-planning Scotland https://www.eplanning.scot/ePlanningClient/

NEC4: Engineering & Construction https://www.neccontract.com/NEC4-Products/NEC4-Contracts/NEC4-Engineering-Construction-Contract

NEC4: Subcontract https://www.neccontract.com/NEC4-Products/NEC4-Contracts/NEC4-Engineering-Construction-Subcontract

Planning Portal https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200127/planning

Planning Portal NI https://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/tools/public-access-info.htm

Spons Civil Engineering & Highway http://www.rics.org/uk/shop/Spons-Civil-Engineering-and-Highway-Works-Price-Book-2018-20686.aspx

Spons External Works & Landscapes http://www.rics.org/uk/shop/Spons-External-Works-and-Landscape-Price-Book-2018-20685.aspx

CONSTRUCTION

CDM Regulations http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/51/contents/made

CIRIA (C753) SuDS Manual https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/SuDS_manual_C753.aspx

CIRIA (C768) Construction of SuDS https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/Guidance_on_the_construction_of_SuDS_-_C768.aspx

Controlled Water Activities (Scot) https://www.gov.uk/controlled-water-activities-car-consents-scotland

Designing Buildings Wiki https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Construction_environmental_management_plan

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ADOPTION

Alma Road http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/alma_road_rain_gardens_london.html

Anglian Water http://www.anglianwater.co.uk/_assets/media/S104-Application(1).pdf

Anglian Water SuDS Adoption Manual http://www.anglianwater.co.uk/_assets/media/AW_SUDS_manual_AW_FP_WEB.pdf

Bridget Joyce Square http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/bridget_joyce_square_london.html

Bristol Business Park http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/bristol_business_park.html

DMRB vol 4 section 2 http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/vol4/section2.htm

Durham C.C. guide https://www.durham.gov.uk/media/9133/Sustainable-Drainage-System-Adoption-Guidance-2016/pdf/SustainableDrainageSystemAdoptionGuidance2016.pdf

Elvetham Heath http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/elvetham_heath_residential_hampshire.html

HA 1980: Section 38 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/38

London Road, Leics http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/london_road_residential_suds_scheme_leicestershire.html

Manor Ponds, Sheffield http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/manor_ponds_sheffield.html

Newcastle-upon-Tyne http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/northern_development_area_newcastle_upon_tyne.html

Public Request to Order Disposal https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-request-to-order-disposal-process--2

Section 104 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/section/104

Section 106 https://www.local.gov.uk/pas/pas-topics/infrastructure/s106-obligations-overview

Sewerage Scotland Act section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/47

Sewers for Adoption http://sfa.wrcplc.co.uk/

Sewers for Scotland http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/business/connections/connecting-your-property/sewers-for-scotland-and-suds

Springhill Co-housing http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/springhill_cohousing_development_springfield_road_stroud_gloucestershire.html

SuDS maintenance and adoption http://www.susdrain.org/files/resources/fact_sheets/09_15_fact_sheet_suds_maintenance_and_adoption_options_england_.pdf options (England)

Town and Country Planning (Scotland) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/8

United Utilities https://www.unitedutilities.com/globalassets/documents/pdf/guide_adoption_sewers_2017_acc16.pdf

WIA 1991: Section 115 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/section/115

MAINTENANCE

Anglian Water SuDS Adoption Manual http://www.anglianwater.co.uk/_assets/media/AW_SUDS_manual_AW_FP_WEB.pdf Section 10

CIRIA (C753) SuDS Manual https://www.ciria.org/Resources/Free_publications/SuDS_manual_C753.aspx

Lamb Drove http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/lamb_drove_residential_suds_scheme_cambourne.html

Riverside Place http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/riverside_place_riverside_court_stamford.html

Scottish Water SuDS Vesting Guide https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/assets/business/files/connections%20documents/sudsvestingguide2016v2.pdf

Springhill Co-housing http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/springhill_cohousing_development_springfield_road_stroud_gloucestershire.html

SuDS maintenance and adoption options http://www.susdrain.org/files/resources/fact_sheets/09_15_fact_sheet_suds_maintenance_and_adoption_options_england_.pdf (England)

Welcome Break, Wheatley http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/welcome_break_wheatley.html

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RETROFITTING

Alma Road http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/alma_road_rain_gardens_london.html

Bridget Joyce Square http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/bridget_joyce_square_london.html

Bristol Avon Catchment Partnership https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/bristolavon/

CIL https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-infrastructure-levy#relief-and-exemptions

CIRIA B£ST tool http://www.susdrain.org/resources/best.html

Croydon Council FD2619 https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/urbanbluecorridors.pdf

DMRB 4.2 http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/vol4/section2.htm

EA Climate Change https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-assessments-Allowances climate-change-allowances

Firs Farm Wetlands http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/firs_farm_wetlands_london.html

Flood & Coastal Erosion Management https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-and-coastal-defence-appraisal-of-projects

LASOO Guidance http://www.peterborough-suds.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/155639-SUDS-Booklet-A4-LR.pdf

Queen Mary’s Walk http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/queen_maryrs_walk_llanelli.html

Renfrew Close http://www.susdrain.org/case-studies/case_studies/renfrew_close_london.html

Sewers for Adoption (England & Wales) http://sfa.wrcplc.co.uk/

Sewers for Scotland http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/business/connections/connecting-your-property/sewers-for-scotland-and-suds

Somerset Rivers Authority http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/

NORTHERN IRELAND

Northern Ireland Water https://www.niwater.com/sitefiles/resources/developers%20services/dsgeneral/pde_guidance.pdf Pre-Development Enquiry

Northern Ireland Water Services for https://www.niwater.com/services-for-developers/ Developers and Housebuilders

Regional Development Strategy https://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/policy/rds2035.pdf

Sewers for Adoption Northern Ireland http://www.webookshop.com/acatalog/Sewers-for-Adoption--Northern-Ireland-DUS035X.html

Strategic Planning Policy for https://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/policy/spps_28_september_2015-3.pdf Northern Ireland (SPPS)

Water and Sewerage Services Act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/7/contents (Northern Ireland) 2016

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AAP Area Action Plan

BGS British Geological Survey

BRE Building Research Establishment

BREEAM Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method

CAR Controlled Activity Regulations

CDM Regulations Construction (Design & Management) Regulations

CIL Community Infrastructure Levy

CIRIA Construction Industry Research and Information Association

CIWEM Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

DEFRA Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

DMRB Design Manual for Roads and Bridges

DTM Digital Terrain Model

EA Environment Agency

FCERM – AG/GiA Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management - Appraisal Guidance / Grant in Aid

FD2320 Flood Risk Assessment Guidance for New Development

FEH Flood Estimation Handbook

FRA Flood Risk Assessment

GWSPZ Groundwater Source Protection Zone

IDB Internal Drainage Board

ICE The Institution of Civil Engineers

LASOO Local Authority SuDS Officer Organisation

LLFA Lead Local Flood Authority

LPA Local Planning Authority

NIEA Northern Ireland Environment Agency

NPPF National Planning Policy Framework

NRW Natural Resources Wales

PPG Planning Practice Guidance

RDS Regional Development Strategy

RefH2 The Revitalised Flood Hydrograph Model

SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency

SFRA Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

SPD Supplementary Planning Document

SPP Scottish Planning and Policy 7 (Planning and Flooding)

SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement

SuDS Sustainable Drainage Systems

SWMP Surface Water Management Plan

TAN15 Technical Advice Note 15 (Development and Flood Risk)

WaSC Water and Sewerage Company

WFD Water Framework Directive

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Acknowledgements

ICE would like to thank the following for their active involvement and contributions in the task group: Andrew Eden (Environment Agency); Kay Elvy (Bingham Hall Partnership); Catherine Kemsley (AECOM); Phill Mills (Policy Consulting Network; ICE Water Panel Chair 2014-2017); Pritesh Patel (Wienerberger UK); Paul Shaffer (CIRIA); Dr David Smoker (ACO Technologies plc); Dr Virginia Stovin (The University of Sheffield); Ian Titherington (City of Cardiff Council).

ICE would also like to thank the 19 professionals who provided detailed feedback and comments on the draft booklet, and the contribution from ICE’s Engineer in Residence, Professor Ian Guymer (previously The University of Warwick, now The University of Sheffield).

Disclaimer

While every effort has been made to ensure that the statements made and the opinions expressed in this publication provide a safe and accurate guide, no liability or responsibility can be accepted in this respect by the author or publishers.

Cover photos courtesy of the following:

(From left to right) image 1 highway retrofit in London Borogh of Hammersmith and Fullham, copyright CIRIA, https://www.ciria.org/; image 2 Upper Hayford housing, copyright ACO Technologies plc, https://www.aco.co.uk/; image 3 Grey to Green Project, copyright Sheffield City Council, project funded by Sheffield City Council, Sheffield City Region, European Regional Development Fund, http://www.greytogreen.org.uk/.

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