Ground
conditions &
infiltration (B4)
Development
Masterplanning
(B2)
Planning
requirements
Phase
Task
Linked Resource Consult/Consider
Early
engagement
(pre application
discussions)
(B1.1)
Local planning
policy / Local
authority
requirements
National
planning policy
Undertake
stakeholder
consultation
Design criteria
(7.5.2)
Environmental
and design
constraints (B5)
Surface Water
Management
Plans
LLFA
Groundwater
protection
e.g.
Doncaster
SPD
e.g.
Cambridgeshire
SPD
Local
planning
authority
CIRIA (C753)
SuDS Manual
SuDS for Roads
(Scotland)
Flood map
for planning
Flood map
(Scotland) Surface water
flooding map
Note: numbers shown in some Tasks and Consult / Consider refer to CIRIA (C753) SuDS Manual, Section 7 or Appendix B
SuDS PRE-PLANNING
e.g. London
sustainable
drainage
action plan
e.g. North
Somerset CC
Core Strategy
(Policy CS2)
e.g.
London Plan
Supplementary
planning
document Local plan/
Area action
plan
Flood map
(Wales)
EA/NRW/
SEPA
LLFA
LLFA
Highway
Authority
Other
Utilities
Discharge
points (7.5.3)
Define
hydrological
catchments
(7.5.4)
Flood
risk
WaSC
IDB
e.g.
Barton AAP
e.g.Cambridge
SWMP
e.g.Coventry
SWMP
e.g.
Huntingdonshire
SFRA
BRE LIFE
project
EA/NRW/SEPA/
Groundwater
contamination
BGS
infiltration
map
BGS
website
Sewers for
Scotland
e.g. Wessex
Water SuDS
Policy
e.g. Hants
Guidance
e.g. Lancashire
pre-application
advice
Dunfermline
Eastern
Expansion
Outline
Design
Non-statutory
Technical
Standards
EA Climate
Change
Allowances
BREEAM
LASOO
Guidance
GWSPZ
map
Strategic
flood risk
assessment
e.g. Lincolnshire
Guidance
PPG
SPP
(Scotland)
para 232
NPPF
(England)
TAN 15
(Wales)
Welsh Govt.
Interim
Standards
for SuDS
e.g. Lancashire
pre-application
advice
Regional/Local/
Neighbourhood
Action Plan
Building
standards
(Scot)
Technical
handbooks
(Scot)
Water
Quality
Infiltration
Combined
sewer
Surface
water
body
Surface
water
sewer
Surface
water
Water
Framework
Directive
UK TAG
Habitat
creation
improvements
Concept/
Strategy
Define outline
development
characteristics
(7.5.1)
Produce initial
conceptual
drainage design
(7.5)
DMRB
4.2
Sewers for Adoption
(England & Wales)
e.g. Somerset
Drainage Board Guidance
on Infiltration
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