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Commons · Question 79961 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2025

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 52410 on Sewers, if she will set out the current obligations for housing developers are in respect of the installation of sustainable

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Answered by Emma Hardy, 17 Oct 2025

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires all development to utilise Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) where they could have drainage impacts. These systems should be appropriate to the nature and scale of the proposed development. See para...