Knowledge base and downloads

SuDS key documents

General documents

• The SuDS manual
  The updated SuDS Manual (C753), CIRIA (led by HR Wallingford), November 2015
• Preliminary rainfall runoff management for developments
  Joint Defra/EA R&D Technical Report SC030219 Revision E (formerly W5-074/A/TR/1 Revision E), October 2013
• Stormwater management using rainwater harvesting
  HR Wallingford report SR736, January 2012

Region-specific documents

England SuDS policy and guidance 

• DCLG Ministerial Statement on SuDS policy
• The National Planning Policy Framework and planning practice guidance
• Non-statutory technical standards for SuDS 
• Non-statutory technical standards for SuDS: Practice guidance (.pdf)

Wales SuDS policy and guidance 

• Recommended non-statutory standards for sustainable drainage in Wales 
• Planning policy Wales  

Scotland: SuDS policy and guidance 

• Water assessment and drainage assessment guide (.pdf)
• Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011  (.pdf)
• SEPA SuDS Regulatory Method: WAT R_08  (.pdf)
• Sewers for Scotland, 3rd Edition  (.pdf)

Northern Ireland: SuDS Policy and Guidance 

• The Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland (.pdf)
• Planning Policy Statement 15  
• The Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (.pdf)