McCloy Consulting Ltd | June 2026 The Environment Agency has expanded the Flood Map for Planning (FMfP) service with the publication of new surface water flood risk datasets on 28 May 2026. In addition, the update brings future surface water flood extents and detailed flood depth information into the planning mapping service for the first…
With all the focus on flooding and sewage spill from the wastewater network at the minute; there was a recent article in the Guardian on how our landscapes are drying out that particularly caught my eye. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/09/drylands-now-make-up-40-of-land-on-earth-excluding-antarctica-study-says Rainfall often arrives unevenly, either as too little or too much. In both cases, landscapes suffer. The key…
Anthony McCloy recently presented at the CIWEM (The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) Northern Ireland conference on the practicalities of using nature based SuDS features such as Rain gardens to reduce Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) overflow frequency. For those who have not been following the recent press coverage; or are not familiar on how…
Jonathan Gregg, an Engineering Technician at McCloy Consulting… Aside from working at McCloy Consulting, I am currently a student at Queen’s University Belfast as this is my sandwich year for my Civil Engineering course. I saw the McCloy’s advertisement through my university and applied through them. I have been working since mid-July so, luckily, I…
Vincent Bradley, a Project Engineer with McCloy Consulting. I have been working in the construction industry for over 20 years, starting out as a site labourer during the summer holidays at secondary school to becoming a Civil Engineer after studying at Queens University Belfast. My career began on traditional civil engineering projects, transitioning towards Sustainable…
SuDS have been integrated into developments in the UK since the mid 1990’s, yet they are still not mainstream. Many have citied the lack of any formalised route to adoption as being one of the primary reasons for the lack of uptake, along with the unknown requirements for maintenance, when compared with conventional piped drainage…
Anthony McCloy, McCloy Consulting We are surrounded by numerous examples where the landscape does not provide any tangible management of rainfall, and runoff is quickly conveyed underground into pipes that can quickly become surcharged, writes Anthony McCloy. The recent Australia Road SuDS Park in London exemplifies an integrated design approach to deliver a successful green…
Anthony McCloy, McCloy Consulting After a number of years waiting in the wings, the SuDS Standards finally made centre stage in 2015, but perhaps not in the manner that many of us had anticipated. The release of the ministerial statement and updates to national planning policy requires all major schemes to incorporate SuDS; the announcement…