Issued: December 2016
New climate change requirements also came into force on 1 December 2016.
Ironically, a key challenge with sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) is still the question of who adopts and maintains them after installation.
Schedule 3
Issued: April 2016
Development invariably affects the local movement of water, particularly in rural, upland and river locations. Measures to reduce the impact of development in these challenging environments, as elsewhere, must be well-founded, practical and cost effective.
WHS is …
New guidance from the Environment Agency requires all new development and local plans to take increased flood risk into account, due to climate change, and to demonstrate how the risk will be managed.
Published in February 2016, the guidance is …