Our statutory consultee role

Find out more about our statutory role to provide technical advice and guidance on the surface water drainage strategies, designs and maintenance arrangements put forward by developers for any new major development through our statutory role.

New developments

The provision of sustainable drainage within new development became a material consideration in planning decisions from 15 April 2015.

As lead local flood authority and statutory consultee, we review drainage strategies and surface water management provisions associated with major development. This means that we must be consulted by each of the Kent's 12 local planning authorities whenever they receive an application for major development (PDF, 93.1 KB) within their district.

Read our sustainable drainage chapter of the 'Making it Happen - Kent Design Guide' (PDF, 2.8 MB) (chapter 2). The design guides sets the standards and provide detailed design details for drainage systems which are adopted by us, specifically those associated with highways.