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Overview  5.0         The SuDS Design & Evaluation


                            Process





           Integrating SuDS into development is a planning-led activity. Planning
           permission is required for all new development and re-development, and usually

           for SuDS retrofit.



           5.1  The role of planning in                           5.2  Design and evaluation in

           SuDS                                                   parallel


           The Ministerial Statement of December 2014             This guide considers the design and
           gave responsibility for evaluating SuDS within         evaluation of SuDS as complementary. It
           planning applications to Local Planning                follows the process of design from the
           Authorities (LPAs).                                    earliest consideration of potential
                                                                  development through to Detail Design. It
           SuDS designs should conform to DEFRA’s                 should involve both the developer and
           Non-Statutory Technical Standards (NSTS)
                                                                  designer together with the planner, LLFA and
           for sustainable drainage systems and Local             all other parties with an interest in delivering
           Authority requirements.                                integrated SuDS design.
  17       The LPA considers that SuDS is appropriate
                                                                  The separate design stages and requirements
           and reasonably practicable in most                     for evaluation are set out in the guide for
           developments.
                                                                  both small and large developments, with
           The evaluation process is led by the LPA. The          advice on how these design criteria can be
           LPA will consult with statutory consultees             met by SuDS designers, and checked by the
           including the Lead Local Flood Authority               evaluation team.
           (LLFA), and other professionals within
           disciplines complementary to SuDS design.

           Consultation with the LPA evaluation team                National Planning Policy Framework
                                                                    www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/
           during the design process will help
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           developers and SuDS designers deliver                    file/6077/2116950.pdf
           successful and cost-effective SuDS projects.


                                                                    Non-statutory technical standards

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