{"id":30665,"date":"2017-02-06T14:48:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=30665"},"modified":"2017-02-06T14:48:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:48:47","slug":"suds-green-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/suds-green-infrastructure\/30665\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater effort must be put into delivering SuDS and green infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>More needs to be done to ensure SuDS and green infrastructure are taken into account on all developments<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciwem.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management<\/a> (CIWEM) has called for more to be done to encourage SuDS (sustainable urban drainage systems) and green infrastructure. The organisation alongside the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwt.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust<\/a> (WWT) published its report \u2018A Place for SuDS\u2019 to coincide with a review of the government\u2019s own SuDS policy.<\/p>\n<p>The SuDS report suggested that well-designed schemes cost less than conventional drainage. Additionally they do not cause delays to the completion of developments\u2014one of the reasons cited for not implementing SuDS.<\/p>\n<p>The report warned the cost and benefits of SuDS are not being assessed. Furthermore, the planning system does not encourage the adoption of it.<\/p>\n<h3>More must be done<\/h3>\n<p>Shadow Minister for housing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/biographies\/commons\/dr-roberta-blackman-woods\/1501\" target=\"_blank\">Roberta Blackman-Woods<\/a> said: &#8220;I\u2019ve done six planning Bills since 2010 and in every one of these Bills we\u2019ve talked about SuDS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely right that we deliver more housing but one in every six homes is at risk of flooding and I think it\u2019s incumbent on us to do more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think watering down the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 was a regressive step. This report shows that SuDS can be installed and maintained with relative ease at a low cost and that they don\u2019t cause delays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We shouldn\u2019t be building anything that hasn\u2019t\u2019 got a SuDS scheme in it. The report does a good job of busting some myths. If they prevent flooding down the line they are cost effective. The costs of dealing with flooding are absolutely huge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>SuDS survey<\/h3>\n<p>The report was created using the results of the Big SuDS Survey last year. With almost 540 responses the CIWEM believes it is the largest independent survey on SuDS in the UK today.<\/p>\n<p>The results revealed that some 70 per cent of respondents do not think currently planning policy encourages SuDS sufficiently, while only eight percent think current standards are driving high quality SuDS<\/p>\n<p>It also found the costs and benefits of utilising SuDS is not being assessed by 75 per cent of respondents.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, 75 per cent said they thought planning authorities did not have the right expertise to consider the merit of proposals and opt-out applications.<\/p>\n<h3>Why SuDS are not implemented<\/h3>\n<p>Time constraints were the main reason for opting out of putting in SuDS, while the question of who has responsibility for maintenance is thought to be the greatest barrier to widespread implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Report co-author and CIWEM policy adviser Laura Grant said: &#8220;There is no requirement for local authorities to report on SuDS uptake, nor monitor whether they are actually implemented or effective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our findings indicate that the main barriers are not from cost or practicality but from policy and institutional barriers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senior Friends of the Earth campaigner Paul de Zylva also commented, stating: &#8220;Planning reform is a disaster and will prove to be a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe planning reforms are quite blatantly about fast tracking developments of indeterminate quality. It\u2019s a failure of Government because Government needs to think long-term not short-term.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Future Flood Prevention report<\/p>\n<p>SuDS remains an issue that has been at the forefront of discussions. Last year a report from the\u00a0House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee\u2019s (EFRA) highlighted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-report-challenges-governments-suds-policy\/28716\" target=\"_blank\">t<\/a>he role that SuDS systems can play\u00a0as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-report-challenges-governments-suds-policy\/28716\" target=\"_blank\">catchment management in preventing flooding<\/a>. It heavily criticised current implementation and the lack of understanding amongst key stakeholders of the role that SuDS can play.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More needs to be done to ensure SuDS and green infrastructure are taken into account on all developments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[648,465],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-energy-news","7":"tag-suds","8":"tag-sustainable-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Greater effort must be put into delivering SuDS and green infrastructure<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More needs to be done to ensure SuDS and green infrastructure are taken into account on all developments says new CIWEM report\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/suds-green-infrastructure\/30665\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Greater effort must be put into delivering SuDS and green infrastructure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More needs to be done to ensure SuDS and green infrastructure are taken into account on all developments says new CIWEM report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/suds-green-infrastructure\/30665\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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