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.
Learn more

Water neutrality evidence helps revive heritage asset

A dilapidated Grade II listed country house in the South Downs National Park will soon be sensitively restored to its former glory.  Full consent has been granted for proposals to convert the late 19th-century manor and outbuildings known as Wispers into 21 luxury homes with woodland and kitchen gardens, tennis courts and club house, swimming
Learn more

Offsetting delivers ecological and commercial benefits

Developers seeking to build in the Sussex North Water Resource Zone now need to provide a water neutrality statement in support of their plans.  As part of Reside Developments’ team of expert advisors, Motion proposed an offsetting scheme at a dairy farm to satisfy the latest water neutrality requirements for new homes at Duckmoor, Billingshurst.
Learn more