{"id":8574,"date":"2014-09-24T13:06:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T12:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=8574"},"modified":"2014-09-24T10:05:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T09:05:41","slug":"consultation-on-suds-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8574","title":{"rendered":"Consultation on SUDS changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DEFRA and DCLG are consulting on proposed changes to the delivery of sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) in the planning system, with a deadline for responses of 24 October 2014<\/span>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DCLG and DEFRA write<\/span>:<br \/>\nThe independent review into the causes of the 2007 floods (The Pitt Review) concluded sustainable drainage systems (commonly known as SuDS) were an effective way to reduce the risk of \u2018flash-flooding\u2019 which occurs when rainwater rapidly flows into the public sewerage and drainage system, causing overloading and back-up of water to the surface. Typically, sustainable drainage systems slow the rate of surface water run-off and improve infiltration, thus mimicking natural drainage in both rural and urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Pitt Review, proposals to increase the uptake of sustainable drainage systems in new developments were included in the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 and the Government consulted on those proposals from 20 December 2011 to 13 March 2012.\u00a0In response to that consultation, and in discussions to date, respondents identified a number of concerns that they wanted Government to consider further.<\/p>\n<p>This consultation document sets out an alternative approach to the one envisaged in Flood and Water Management Act 2010 to deliver effective sustainable drainage systems that will be maintained for the lifetime of the developments they serve. The Government has listened and in response, now wishes to consult on delivering sustainable drainage systems through changes to the current planning regime. We are seeking views on this approach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=drainage\" target=\"_blank\">IHBC newsblogs on drainage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consult.defra.gov.uk\/water\/delivering-sustainable-drainage-systems\" target=\"_blank\">DEFRA consultations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEFRA and DCLG are consulting on proposed changes to the delivery of sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) in the planning system, with a deadline for responses of 24 October 2014.\u00a0 DCLG and DEFRA write: The independent review into the causes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8574\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8575,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8574\/revisions\/8575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}