49 Which of the following fl ood protection products have you used in your builds, and which would you consider using in the future?
CONCLUDING SUMMARY
looding is a major ongoing issue in ngland, bringing untold misery and extraordinary cost to thousands of people each year, and this is only going to be magnifi ed as our climate warms, with risk spreading to more and more sites.
eanwhile, the country is undergoing a housing crisis, and, in a scramble for attractive sites, properties continue to be developed in already existing ood zones. any are arguably being constructed without any preparation for the increasing rainfall that’s likely to cause further serious problems in future. here are however many solutions available to dealing with the excess rainfall that is expected, with uD the leading, proven approach allowing developers to build sustainable permeable housing schemes. As well as a robust way to counter ooding in homes, ustainable Drainage olutions bring positive benefi ts to the infrastructure of the surrounding area, reducing the strain on local drainage systems, and therefore further reducing the chances of ooding.
Despite this, uD have not yet been adopted by all in the industry, and some builders and developers are reluctant to change their ways, for a variety of reasons. ess than half of our respondents install uD as standard in their projects, listing costs, a lack of understanding, and a lack of clarity on responsibility to be the most common barriers to adoption.
Despite these barriers, our research does show that awareness is increasing largely due to increasing acceptance of the impact of climate change as a whole. And most of our respondents argued that the current regulations around uD should be expanded, and that the overnment is not currently committing enough funds to ood protection.
It appears that, if uD are to become widespread in ngland, overnment, councils, planners and the industry itself need to collaborate much more closely to bring about changes in legislation, clarity of regulation and accountability, and in industry attitudes.
While we wait for this, and impermeable developments continue to be built, the clock is ticking. he time for those responsible to act is now.
SURVEY SPONSORS
We are grateful to our six survey sponsors for their participation in this white paper research report
BRETT LANDSCAPING GRASS CONCRETE GREEN BLUE URBAN POLYPIPE CIVILS & GREEN URBANISATION LTD MARSHALLS PLC SANIFLO
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