Sewers
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will make it her policy to bring Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 into force.
Answered by Emma Hardy
The Government is strongly committed to improving the implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). We have consulted on a revised version of the National Planning Policy Framework, with new policies on local plans and national decision making, including flood risk and SuDS, and are now in the process of considering next steps. (For information – consultation).
Better delivery of SuDS may be achieved by continuing to improve the current planning policy-based approach and looking at ways of improving the approach to adoption and maintenance, rather than commencing Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
We have consulted on proposals to increase the adoption of estate amenities on new development, including SuDS, and are now considering next steps, and producing guidance to advise on how appropriate arrangements can be made to ensure the lifetime maintenance of SuDS (for information – consultation).
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