Designing Out Risk: Avoiding the Five Most Costly SuDS Design Errors
Thursday 30 April, 10:00am (45 minutes + Q&A)
Hosted by RoSPA
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) continue to play an essential role in managing surface water, supporting biodiversity and delivering safe, resilient neighbourhoods. Yet RoSPA’s reviews of hundreds of schemes across the UK show the same design errors emerging time and again — issues that often go unnoticed until late in the project, increasing cost, introducing avoidable risk, and delaying planning processes.
This free, expert‑led webinar sets out the five most common SuDS design mistakes and provides practical guidance for avoiding them at any stage of your scheme.
What the session will cover
- The five high‑impact SuDS design errors seen across UK projects
- How early safety reviews help reduce drowning risk, liability and enforcement action
- Insight into preventing planning delays and costly retrospective design changes
- How to integrate safety measures without compromising drainage performance or biodiversity
Who should attend
This session is suitable for those involved in planning, designing, reviewing or approving SuDS, including:
- Local authority planning and drainage teams
- Housing associations and developers
- Landscape architects, engineers and designers
- Consultants involved in water management, safety or compliance
Why attend
Attendees will gain clear, actionable guidance rooted in real‑world evidence and RoSPA’s national SuDS review experience — helping teams deliver safer, more robust and more compliant schemes.
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