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Local LPA and Stakeholder Engagement Adoption of SuDS
Local SuDS requirements
The Lead Local Flood Authority is the Generally the Council does not adopt SuDS,
statutory consultee on all major planning however sometimes the adoption of green,
applications for surface water management, aboveground SuDS (swales, detention ponds
but in Redditch the North Worcestershire etc) will be considered as part of a wider
Water Management (NWWM) team fulfils public open space adoption. Discussions
this role on behalf of Worcestershire County are on a case by case basis. We recommend
Council. NWWM is a district council shared that a management company will be set up

service covering Redditch, Bromsgrove and that evidence of this plus an agreeable
and Wyre Forest. The team would welcome monitoring and maintenance plan will be
early engagement with anyone planning submitted as part of the planning process.
development that has drainage implications.
Contact can be made via 01562 732191 or
enquiries@nwwm.org.uk.

Redditch Borough Council operates a
planning advisory service which is free
for householder applications. For larger

applications a paid for pre-application
scheme is in place. Information can be
obtained via 01527 881770 or newplan@
bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk.
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Early engagement with Severn Trent Water
Limited is advisable as it manages the water
and wastewater services for the entire
Borough. If the intention is to get the access
road(s) adopted then early discussion with
Worcestershire County Council Highways is

recommended too as they will have design
criteria for the road drainage and not all
types of SuDS might be acceptable.

The Environment Agency should be
contacted to discuss the need for an
Environmental Permit where the proposed
development include works in, under, over or
near a main river, works on or near a flood
defence or for works in the flood plain of a

main river.
Facing Page: Springhill Cohousing
Pond and Play Basin.

Redditch Borough Council SuDS D & E Guide © 2018 McCloy Consulting & Robert Bray Associates