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Non-statutory technical standards for the design, maintenance and operation of sustainable drainage systems to drain surface water.
The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
This form may be used as part of a planning application that incorporates a proposed non-mains foul drainage system.
Check if you need to pay drainage charges, how much they are and how to pay.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Review of the benefits and impacts of making sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) a legal requirement for new developments.
This paper investigates the influence of the performance of low volume sealed roads and their relation to pavement materials
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
Your local council is responsible for public drains - report a blockage.
The Valuation Office Agency`s technical manual covering all aspects of compulsory purchase and compensation.
How local councils and internal drainage boards (IDBs) can make byelaws to prevent an increase in flood risk or to manage land drainage.
The Environment Agency has identified that an increased uptake of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) would have positive environmental benefits
Seeking views on our plans to update how internal drainage boards allocate their costs to farmers and local authorities.
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