What next for flood risk and sustainable drainage standards?

Director, Neil Jaques, leads the water teams at Motion, advising clients on flood risk and drainage strategies for a range of residential, mixed-use and employment schemes.  In the following article, he examines the impact of recent updates to flood-risk guidance and sustainable drainage standards.
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Grey belt residential planning applications

Residential development in the grey belt

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was comprehensively revised at the end of 2024, marking one of the most significant overhauls of national planning policy for more than ten years.  One of the key changes relates to land categorisation, characterised by the introduction of the grey belt concept.  The latest NPPF consultation process that closed
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