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Our surface water drainage proforma in order to speed up the planning process as much as possible.

A Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) when defined as necessary by the protocol, to demonstrate the flood risk to, and resulting from, the development and to demonstrate the safety of the development for its lifetime.

For flooding and drainage related matters these include: Under the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and local validation lists set by each local planning authority (LPA), developers will be required to fill out a number of different documents before their application can be registered.

Appendix D - Guidance on how we deal with flooding reports.

Appendix C - A protocol for advising our local planning authorities (LPAs) exactly what is required from developers in terms of surface water drainage.

Further information can be found on our working on a watercourse page

Appendix B - A consenting policy which aims to provide clarification of the policy towards works affecting a watercourse, particularly culverts.

Interim additional guidance has been issued with respect to the information required to be submitted with Outline Planning Applications. NB – Changes to Appendix A Section 3 – ‘What We Expect to See’. Appendix A - The local SuDS guide to assist developers in creating sustainable drainage systems on their proposed sites.The strategy document has a number of appendices which are the following: The first of these is the Suffolk Flood Risk Management Strategy which can provide developers some context into flood management for Suffolk on a larger scale, including key links to and extracts from key national guidance documents. The Suffolk Flood Risk Management Partnership has created a number of useful documents which clarify what is required of developers and why. Suffolk Flood Risk Management Partnership We can instead, offer audio, video or web conferencing service as an alternative if necessary.Ĭurrently the pre-application service is confined to Babergh and Mid Suffolk, but in the future we would seek to include more areas of Suffolk. No face to face meetings during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemicįor the foreseeable future we won't be offering face to face meetings as part of the pre-application advice service.

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For more information, including pricing and how to apply, please see the pre-application page on Babergh and Mid Suffolk's website or the West Suffolk Council website. Advice on flooding and drainage issues is available as part of this service. This is a charged service which covers a range of local government requirements in the planning process. Suffolk County Council offer a pre-app advice service in Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils, and West Suffolk Council. We would encourage developers to contact us as early as possible in the planning process for advice on how to create an application which meets minimum operational standards and is beneficial for all concerned organisations and individuals.

You can determine whether a site may be at risk of surface water flooding using these maps created by the Environment Agency any minor applications in areas at risk of surface water flooding.Development carried out on a site having an area of 1 hectare or more.the provision of a building or buildings where the floor space to be created by the development is 1,000 square metres or more.the number of dwellings to be provided is 10 or more, or the development is to be carried out on a site having an area of 0.5 hectares or more (and it is not known if 10 or more dwellings are to be provided).The revised National Planning Policy Framework, February 2019 (NPPF), Section 165, requires that all major development incorporates Sustainable Drainage Systems unless there is clear evidence that this would be inappropriate. The Flood and Water Management team at Suffolk County Council, is a statutory consultee for surface water drainage proposals for major developments This is part of our responsibility as the Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) under the Town and Country Planning Order 2015.