Protect your investments and projects with Lucion’s comprehensive Flood Risk and Drainage Services. Our expert team delivers tailored solutions for flood risk assessments, drainage strategies, climate resilience, and regulatory compliance.
In an era of intensifying climate change impacts, effectively managing flood risk and water-related challenges is paramount for protecting your investments and unlocking sustainable development opportunities. Lucion’s dedicated team of flood risk and water services experts provide comprehensive solutions to help you navigate complexities, ensure compliance, and build resilience.
Our flood risk and water services include:
Flood Risk Assessments
Detailed Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs) can determine site-specific risks from tidal, fluvial, surface water, groundwater, and artificial sources. These assessments will identify receptors at risk, recommend mitigation measures, and assess residual risks to ensure your development or investment is safe from flooding without exacerbating risk elsewhere. A staged approach can be provided, from initial advice or a high-level portfolio-wide assessment to more detailed reports, including hydraulic modelling, and drainage design. Our team has extensive knowledge of the requirements of statutory consultees on planning applications and how to maximise opportunities, including on constrained sites.
Drainage Strategies
Comprehensive Drainage Strategies demonstrate how surface water will be managed to avoid increasing flood risk, in line with national guidance and CIRIA best-practice. These strategies assess the most appropriate Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) solutions, from outline planning to detailed design stages, and can include Soakaway Testing to inform the evaluation of the Drainage Hierarchy. Our team is aware of the subtle differences between Lead Local Flood Authority requirements and looks for opportunities for combined planning benefits e.g. with Biodiversity Net Gain.
Flood Risk Permitting
Our team can assist you in obtaining the necessary Ordinary Watercourse / Land Drainage Consents and Flood Risk Activity Permits, navigating the complex regulatory framework to ensure compliance. We will conduct site assessments, coordinate with authorities and the wider design team, and prepare the required documentation to streamline the permitting process.
Environmental Statements
We produce Environmental Statement Chapters (supported by Flood Risk Assessments and Drainage Strategies) as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment process, helping evaluate and mitigate the water-related aspects of your development’s potential effects on the wider environment.
Nutrient Neutrality
Where your site has the potential to affect water quality in protected areas, we can provide assessments to evaluate and demonstrate how “nutrient neutrality” can be achieved. This is crucial for developments in designated catchments where increased nutrient levels from additional overnight accommodation could harm ecologically sensitive areas with water-dependent wildlife.
Our multidisciplinary team provides a holistic suite of flood risk and drainage services, from initial portfolio screening to detailed site-specific assessments and solutions. With multiple Water Services Consultants members of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management, and several of our team holding Chartership status, you can be confident that we can help you achieve a sustainable water management system for your investments and developments.