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Integration of Sustainable Drainage Systems with Open Space
Soft SuDS features such as basins, wetlands and swales can be designed as part of public open space provision, providing visual amenity, useable space, and habitat benefits.
Areas that incorporate soft forms of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) as part of wider landscaping measures (such as basins, wetlands and swales) can provide useable open space, offer visual amenity benefit and habitat for flora and fauna. Where 'soft' SuDS are provided, they should be designed as an integral part of the developments overall public open space provision.
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