Policy information sourced from Camden Local Plan
CC3 Water and Flooding
The Council will seek to ensure that development does not increase flood risk and reduces the risk of flooding where possible.
We will require development to:
- incorporate water efficiency measures;
- avoid harm to the water environment and improve water quality;
- consider the impact of development in areas at risk of flooding (including drainage);
- incorporate flood resilient measures in areas prone to flooding;
- utilise Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in line with the drainage hierarchy to achieve a greenfield run-off rate where feasible; and
- not locate vulnerable development in flood-prone areas.
Where an assessment of flood risk is required, developments should consider surface water flooding in detail and groundwater flooding where applicable.
The Council will protect the borough’s existing drinking water and foul water infrastructure, including the reservoirs at Barrow Hill, Hampstead Heath, Highgate and Kidderpore.
For more information please see the Local Plan