Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 79963

Sewers

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 52410 on Sewers, if she will set out the current (a) legal and (b) regulatory framework governing the (i) adoption, (ii) maintenance a

Answer

Emma Hardy

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires all development to utilise Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) where they could have drainage impacts. These systems should be appropriate to the nature and scale of the proposed development. See para...

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