Policy information sourced from the Bracknell Forest Local Plan 2024-2037 document.
LP 57: Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).
Major development proposals and developments in areas at risk of flooding from all sources, both now and in the future, identified in the latest Bracknell Forest Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA), or more recent modelling, shall incorporate SuDS, unless it can be demonstrated that provision on site is inappropriate. SuDS will:
- be an intrinsic part of the design and layout of a proposal, incorporating urban creep allowances and utilising the most up to date climate change allowances and rainfall data;
- be selected in accordance with the hierarchy of drainage options, with a preference for green solutions;
- meet the needs of the proposed development, over its lifetime;
- be designed without creating excessive maintenance burdens to future owners/occupiers, and where possible, incorporated in tandem with other site requirements in order to utilise land efficiently;
- have clear arrangements in place for on-going maintenance secured by legal agreement, or other relevant mechanisms;
- have run-off from brownfield development that is reduced to as close as practicable to greenfield runoff rates; and
- provide sufficient water quality treatment to mitigate the impact of development.
For more information, please visit Bracknell Forest’s Local Plan document here.