{"id":32796,"date":"2017-04-26T16:20:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T15:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=32796"},"modified":"2017-04-26T16:20:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T15:20:38","slug":"sustainable-drainage-target-flood-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/sustainable-drainage-target-flood-risks\/32796\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable drainage policies must target flood risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The government must implement sustainable drainage policies more comprehensively, says the Environment Food, and Rural Affairs Committee<\/h2>\n<p>There must be more focus on sustainable drainage policies, says\u00a0a new report. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Environment Food, and Rural Affairs Committee<\/a>\u00a0highlighted weaknesses in the implementation of the Flood and Water Management Act (2010) and concluded the government has not done enough to ensure new developments do not increase the likelihood of flooding. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publications.parliament.uk\/pa\/cm201617\/cmselect\/cmenvfru\/990\/99003.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Post-legislative scrutiny: Flood and Water Management Act 2010&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0scrutinised the effectiveness of many key provisions in previous reports.<\/p>\n<p>Building developments can drastically change how rainwater interacts with land. If SuDS (sustainable urban drainage systems) are not used rainwater can \u2018run off\u2019 the ground too quickly and overwhelm sewers, causing flooding. According to the committee, it is currently too easy to seek exemption from the guidelines.<\/p>\n<h3>The report supports previous findings<\/h3>\n<p>The Environment Food, and Rural Affairs Committee has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/building-regulations-must-tougher-protect-communities-flooding\/30223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raised issues with the government\u2019s implementation of flood protection policy<\/a>. Now, the committee says the government has failed to seize the opportunity to act on its report &#8216;Future Flood Prevention&#8217;, which was published in November 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Food, and Rural Affairs Committee Chair, Neil Parish MP said: &#8220;Plans to deliver some one million new homes by 2020 must be achieved without increasing flooding. Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) are an essential part of the solution as they provide a cost-effective, green method of removing surface water from built-up areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government purports to support SuDS but has not commenced provisions to set up a robust policy framework to promote their use. Instead it has adopted sub-standard planning policies which have led to far too few schemes, many of which are of low quality, being installed in new developments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSignificant improvements in the numbers and quality of SuDS schemes installed must be delivered by the end of 2018. We urge our successor Committee to consider calling for the full commencement of SuDS provisions in the 2010 Act if this is not achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Pushing SuDS to the top of the agenda<\/h3>\n<p>This is not the first time SuDS has been at the forefront of discussion. In February, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciwem.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management<\/a> (CIWEM) called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/suds-green-infrastructure\/30665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more to be done to encourage SuDS<\/a> and green infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A Place for SuDS\u2019 was published jointly with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwt.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust<\/a> (WWT) to coincide with a review of the government\u2019s own SuDS policy. 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