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Preface









           Why this guide is needed                               What the guide provides

           Our understanding of the negative impacts              This guide links the design of SuDS with the
           of conventional drainage are now well                  evaluation requirements of planning in a
           understood.                                            sequence that mirrors the SuDS design

                                                                  process.
           Pipe drainage collects and conveys water
           away from where it rains, as quickly as                This guide promotes the idea of integrating
           possible, contributing to increased risk of            SuDS into the fabric of development using
           flooding, likelihood of contaminated water             the available landscape spaces as well as the
           and the loss of our relationship with water            construction profile of buildings. This
           and the benefits it can bring to us all.               approach provides more interesting
                                                                  surroundings, cost benefits, and simplified
           Sustainable Drainage, or SuDS, is a way of             future maintenance.
           managing rainfall that mimics the drainage
           processes found in nature and addresses the            This guide begins by giving a background
           issues with conventional drainage.                     context for SuDS design. Next, the three
                                                                  accepted design stages are described:
           Who this guide is intended for
  2                                                               Concept Design, Outline Design and Detail

           In 2010 the Flood and Water Management                 Design. Subsequent chapters offer
           Act proposed that SuDS should be used on               supporting information.
           most development and this was confirmed in             It is intended that this guide will facilitate
           a ministerial statement on 23 March 2015
                                                                  consultation, in order to achieve the best
           introducing the ‘non statutory technical               possible SuDS designs.
           standards’ for SuDS.

           The responsibility for ensuring that SuDS are
           designed and implemented to a satisfactory
           standard lies with the Local Planning
           Authority (LPA).

           SuDS Designers will need to meet these
           required standards when submitting

           proposals to the LPA.









           Oxford City Council SuDS D & E Guide                                                                   © 2018 McCloy Consulting & Robert Bray Associates
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