Summer bank holiday
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From the section: Flooding
Flood risk management works alongside the planning system to ensure that any new development is located away from areas that are at high risk of flooding and to ensure that it does not cause additional risk to those living downstream.
As Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA), we are a statutory consultee on all major planning applications defined as:
We encourage all prospective developers to first contact the local planning authority to determine whether your development proposal is acceptable in principle and on a planning policy basis. You can then contact us by email at drainage@solihull.gov.uk for pre-application advice.
All sites are expected to incorporate a range of above ground SuDS features into the layout of the scheme from the outset. As a rule, we do not normally accept the inclusion of buried tanks and storage on new sites as there are now significant numbers of good and best practice examples of how development layouts can work with water to ensure positive outcomes including using these areas for multi-functionality
We are in the process of updating our SuDS guidance and a SuDS Handbook. In the meantime developers are directed to the below.
Various policies and plans relating to flood risk in Solihull have been published, as follows:
As the Lead Local Flood Authority, Solihull Council carries out investigations into flooding incidents.
We have undertaken the following Section 19 investigations to date:
We have produced the following leaflets which we hope help to explain some of the policies and principles for living and working with water.