Sewer adoption: The private vs public debate

Are sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) becoming harder to adopt for new residential developments?  What are the challenges of site-wide SuDS strategies?  Technical Director, Jason Morgans, has worked in the field of highways, transportation engineering and drainage for more than 25 years.  In the following article he reflects on changes in both design approaches and policy
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Balanced and ecological SuDs approach

A combination of transport planning and sustainable drainage expertise from Motion helped secure approval for Silverleaf Group, who plans to build up to 35 dwellings in East Sussex.  The development will provide much-needed housing, including some affordable homes on land at Coopers Green, Uckfield.
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Water efficiency measures put new homes on national park map

A resolution to grant planning permission has been received, subject to a Section 106 agreement, for an application to build five new homes adjacent to the Lodge Hill Centre in Watersfield, West Sussex.  The site falls within the South Downs National Park local authority area, where all new and reserved matter planning applications need to
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Early advice vital to avoid water neutrality delays

Water neutrality statements are now required to support applications to build in the Sussex North Water Supply Zone.  Property developers should seek expert advice at the earliest stage possible to avoid lengthy delays to the application process.  In the following project, the emergence of Natural England’s new guidance threatened to put plans at risk for
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