We are looking forward to meeting clients and colleagues alike at the Flood Expo in ExCeL, London on 14th and 15th October 2015. Feel free to call at our stand F408 over the course of what promised to be an informative two day event to meet our staff and find out more about our expert modelling…
The Department of the Environment has on 28 September 2015 published the Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland, that will ultimately replace all individual planning policy statements (including PPS15 Planning and Flood Risk). The SPPS sections relating to flood risk are broadly similar in policy direction to PPS15…there will now be a transitional period…
From September 2015 the Environment Agency will be making LIDAR data accessible to all users free of charge, even for commercial use. Two LIDAR datasets will be released under the Open Government Licence and made accessible through Datashare. Tiled LIDAR data: This dataset consists of historic LIDAR data which has been gathered since 1998. For…
With the SuDS industry in the UK still in a state of transition due to recent changes in legislation introduced in April 2015; Anthony sheds some light on what the changes actually mean for the rest of us from the experiences that McCloy Consulting are gathering through collaborative working with Local Authorities throughout England. The…
Anthony has written a paper entitled “A relook at how we attenuate runoff for Brownfield and retrofit sites”, which has been accepted for oral presentation at the SUDSnet 2015 International Conference at the Techno-Centre in Coventry on the 3rd & 4th September 2015. It promises to be an informative event which will showcase latest academic…
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency has issued revised regulatory fees and charges schemes for 2015/2016. The Processing Discharge Consent Applications and the Regulation of Discharges under the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and the Processing Licence Applications under the Water Abstraction and Impounment (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 have both been updated. To view other regulatory…
On 15 April Lead Local Flood Authority will become a statutory consultee and will be required to provide technical assessments of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) on major developments (10+properties). In considering planning applications, local planning authorities (LPAs) will be required to consult with the Lead Local Flood Authority on the management of surface water. In…
Susdrain have published a new infographic on their website entitled “Going with the flow: Managing rainfall with Sustainable Drainage Systems”. It details some of the key objectives and outcomes from a sustainable drainage approach whilst drawing upon a few interesting examples. To view the infographic follow this link: http://www.susdrain.org/files/resources/ciria_guidance/susdrain_going_with_the_flow_infographic.pdf. To learn more about SuDS, click here.
For the second year in a row, we visited St. Mary’s College, Derry as part of Engineer’s week. This event was open to pupils from all local secondary schools and aim was to promote STEM careers, engineering and related career pathways (especially to girls). Nicola and Roisin are pictured to the left bestowing some of…
Anthony has developed a second factsheet for industry use, which has undergone peer review and was published on the Susdrain website last week. It is entitled ‘Designing attenuation storage for redevelopment sites’ and focuses on the improved benefits which could be delivered from redevelopment of previously developed land and retrofit schemes through a change in…