Object
Core Strategy Submission Document
Representation ID: 16855
Received: 09/11/2009
Respondent: Environment Agency
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Policy ENV4 is not consistent with the requirements of Approved Document H (2002) of the Building Regulations, 2000, as amended. This Approved Document H requires a drainage hierarchy to be considered for all development and priority is given to the discharge of surface water run-off using SuDS techniques.
This approach is supported by national Policy in PPS25 at paragraphs F6 and F8.
Please note that should the Inspector deem it necessary for us to attend the Examination in Public, we would be happy to do so but our preferred method at this time would be written representations.
Policy ENV4 is not consistent with the requirements of Approved Document H (2002) of the Building Regulations, 2000, as amended. This Approved Document H requires a drainage hierarchy to be considered for all development and priority is given to the discharge of surface water run-off using SuDS techniques.
This approach is supported by national Policy in PPS25 at paragraphs F6 and F8.
The policy must be reworded to require all developments to incorporate SuDS where possible.
Please note that should the Inspector deem it necessary for us to attend the Examination in Public, we would be happy to do so but our preferred method at this time would be written representations.