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During a recent site visit to Nottingham Place, our civil engineering team noticed the fantastic roadside SuDS features installed along Marylebone High Street. These kerbside systems are an excellent demonstration of how Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) can manage surface water while also enhancing the urban environment.

Well-designed SuDS can reduce construction costs by replacing extensive underground drainage infrastructure with surface-based systems like swales and basins. In some developments, this has resulted in double-digit percentage savings compared to conventional drainage designs.

For UK developers, understanding sustainable drainage regulations is now a must. National planning policy requires SuDS in all major developments to manage surface water on-site, with local authorities often imposing stricter standards.