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Appendix A ‐ The SUDS Hierarchy

Most SUDS technique Flood Pollution Landscape & Included in the Comments
Sustainable Reduction Reduction Wildlife Benefit scheme?

Living roofs √ √ √ All houses/apartments and
garages will have pitched roofs

to be in keeping with adjacent
properties so green roofs will not
be viable.
Basins and √ √ √ Given the density on this small
ponds development and the
topography, thess larger form of
‐ Constructed above‐ground SuDS feature are
wetlands not considered suitable.
‐ Balancing

ponds
‐ Detention
basins
‐ Retention
ponds

Filter strips √ √ √ Given the topography, these
and swales linear forms of above‐ground
SuDS feature are not considered

suitable.
Infiltration √ √ √ √ The underlying soils support
devices infiltration techniques. Cellular

‐soakaways soakaways and a small
‐ infiltration infiltration basin are proposed.

trenches and
basins
Permeable Permeable paving is proposed to
√ √ √
surfaces and be used extensively across the
filter drains site in forming newly paved

‐ gravelled parking areas. This will assist in
areas pollution reduction and the
‐ solid paving ‘delay’ of runoff.

blocks
porous
paviours

Tanked √ Not required.
systems

Least ‐ over‐sized
Sustainable pipes/tanks
‐ storms/cells