What are SUDS? (Sustainable Drainage Systems)
SUDS are techniques for the management of stormwater which seek to replicate natural undeveloped catchment. SUDS are required to give a sustainable solution to deal with rainwater runoff from roofs and impermeable hard landscaped areas such as car parks, service yards and access roads.Government policy through PPS25 (Planning Policy Statement) states that it is essential for the “integration of sustainable drainage systems into the overall site concept and layout”. Furthermore, “the planning system can further the use of sustainable drainage systems by persuading developers to adopt sustainable
drainage systems wherever practicable, as part of all future development, if necessary through the use of appropriate planning conditions”.
The SEL Source Control System comprises a series of treatment phases which have been specifically developed to provide the ideal SOURCE CONTROL solution to meet the requirements of all current guidelines and legislation relating to SUDS, whilst incorporating traditional impermeable surfacings such as macadam, asphalt, concrete and standard block paving.
EA Policy (Revised Draft) Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) Policy No. EAS/0102/1/3
Further information on SUDS is available from CIRIA, EA, or SEPA.