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including the incorporation of sustainable urban drainage systems, <strong>and</strong> specifies a<br />

drainage hierarchy for new development.<br />

3.59 Policy CC1 of the Core Strategy requires that new development is designed to<br />

take account of increasing risks of flooding. Policy CC2 states that new development<br />

will be expected to minimise current <strong>and</strong> future flood risk <strong>and</strong> that sustainable urban<br />

drainage will be expected to be incorporated into new development to reduce the risk of<br />

flooding from surface water <strong>and</strong> foul water. This is supported by Policy DM H3 of the<br />

DM LP 2013.<br />

3.60 Although a small part on the edge of the site is located within the Environment<br />

Agency's Flood Zones 2 <strong>and</strong> 3, the majority of the site is in Flood Zone 1 (low risk) as<br />

the ground levels of the estate are higher than much of the surrounding area. The River<br />

Thames flood defences in this area defend the site to a 1 in 1000 year annual<br />

probability of river flooding in any year (

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