Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 31647

Sewers: Property Development

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 25 February 2025

Question

Anneliese Midgley

LabourKnowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating sustainable drainage systems in all new developments.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Government is strongly committed to requiring standardised Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in new developments. These should be to designs that cope with changing climatic conditions as well as delivering wider water infrastructure benefits, reduc...

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