Welsh Statutory Instrument SI 2018 Wales

The Sustainable Drainage (Approval and Adoption) (Wales) Order 2018

This Order makes provision in relation to the requirement for approval of, and requests for adoption of, sustainable drainage systems under Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29) (“the Act”).

Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

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Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

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s.art007 Determining requests for adoption Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Approving body must decide adoption requests within 8 weeksLocal authority
6 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Title and commencement
s.art002 Interpretation
s.art003 Construction work not to be treated as having drainage implications
s.art004 Exceptions to requirement for approval: planning permission not required
s.art005 Exceptions to requirement for approval: planning permission required
s.art006 Exceptions to requirement for approval: construction area less than 100 square metres

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