Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70108

Land Drainage

Tabled: 22 July 2025

Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Andrew Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of enacting Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 on the (a) uptake and (b) effectiveness of sustainable drainage sy

Answer

Emma Hardy

The Government is strongly committed to improving the implementation of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and we are looking at what additional steps might be taken to support this. We have made some immediate changes to the National Planning Policy Fra...

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