Service 05
Hydrology & Water Environment
How your scheme interacts with watercourses, drainage and groundwater, and what the regulator will want to see.
What is it?
Water is often the constraint nobody scoped for. Drainage assessment, hydrological survey and water environment advice establish how a scheme interacts with watercourses, groundwater and surface water drainage, and what is needed to satisfy both the planning authority and the relevant regulator.
When is it required?
Where a scheme affects a watercourse, alters drainage, or sits within or adjacent to a floodplain or designated water body, and wherever the authority raises water environment constraints.
What happens
- 01Review of existing drainage, watercourses and designated water bodies
- 02Hydrological survey where site conditions require it
- 03Assessment of effects on the water environment
- 04Mitigation and compliance recommendations
What happens next
Water environment work sits alongside ecological assessment rather than replacing it, and the two are stronger delivered together.
Related services
Often commissioned alongside this
01
Ecological Assessment
The baseline survey that tells you what ecology is on your site and what it means for your application.
03
Habitats & Botany
Classification and mapping of what grows on your site, feeding directly into net gain calculations.
08
Reporting & Documentation
Documents written to be understood by the planning officer, not just to be technically correct.
Need hydrology & water environment for a project?
Send your site postcode and a short description of the scheme. We will tell you what is required and what it will take.