Decision details

Update to Local Standards Guidance for Surface Water Drainage on Major Development in Oxfordshire

Decision Maker: Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Environment and Economy

Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To consider updates to OCC’s local standards guidance for surface water drainage on major developments

Decisions:

The Team Leader for SuDs and Surface Water introduced the item.

 

Chair said that she had previously asked for confirmation that the national standards were not lower than previous standards. The Team Leader for SuDs and Surface Water confirmed that the new standards were a vast improvement on the old national standards, and his team had adapted local standards accordingly.

 

Chair approved the recommendations.

 

RESOLVED to

a)    Recognise the statutory consultee role of the Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) under Article 18 and Schedule 4, paragraph (ze) of The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015/595;

b)    Acknowledge the 2025 Defra publication of the National Standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS); and

c)    Consider and approve the content of the updated Draft Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) Local Standards and Guidance for Major Development with Surface Water Drainage as set out in Annex 1.

 

Report author: Clare Mills

Publication date: 19/06/2026

Date of decision: 19/06/2026

Decided at meeting: 19/06/2026 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Environment and Economy

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