SuDS requirements - submitted in outline
MAJOR applications will not be made valid unless accompanied by these requirements.
Applications must be submitted with a concept SuDS plan and preliminary SuDS design strategy, which may include the following:
- details of how runoff is collected from roofs, roads and other hard surfaces to keep water at or near the surface
- source control techniques for each sub-catchment
- site control features with approximate volumes and flow control locations and details
- flow routes including low flow, overflow and exceeding routes
- confirmation of:
- conveyance features from place to place
- appropriate treatment stages within each sub-catchment and management train
- sub-catchments with location of flow controls
- regional (catchment) controls in public open space where appropriate
- confirm and demonstrate how the SUDS are integrated into the landscape, with:
- sketches and sections as appropriate
- a management plan for the development
- confirm the destination of the controlled flow of clean water from the site, either through:
- the ground by infiltration
- a watercourse
- the surface water sewer
Alternatively, submit details in accordance with a submission list agreed with the local planning authority through a written pre-application response with regard to the same proposal.