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Guide to planning applications

Most new buildings, certain alterations and changes in the uses of buildings and land need planning permission.

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.