Local Development Framework Consultation

Submission of the Grange-over-Sands Neighbourhood Plan

Thank you for your email and links to the amendment to the above neighbourhood plan.

United Utilities work closely with South Lakeland District Council to understand future development sites so we can facilitate the delivery of the necessary sustainable infrastructure at the appropriate time. We would encourage further consultation with us at an early stage should further sites be allocated.

It would be useful for you to be aware that it is the applicant's responsibility to demonstrate the exact relationship between any United Utilities' assets and any proposed development. In addition, to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG), any new development site should be drained on a separate system with foul water draining to the public sewer and surface water draining in the most sustainable way.

It is important that all future planning applications, including condition discharges, must reflect the site drainage principles set out within the Surface Water Hierarchy within paragraph 80 of the National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG): Flood Risk and Coastal Change. The NPPG clearly outlines the hierarchy to be investigated by the developer when considering a surface water drainage strategy. The following drainage options should be considered order of priority:

1. into the ground (infiltration);
2. to a surface water body;
3. to a surface water sewer, highway drain, or another drainage system;
4. to a combined sewer.

Surface water discharge to a combined sewer would be the last resort, and it is strongly discouraged.