The Planning System and Flood Risk Management - Offaly County ...

• The size, shape and qualities of the landscape and planting; and• The incorporation of detailed Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)measures into the design.77More detailed issues of building design and construction are dealt with insection 4 of this appendix.Figure B6 below illustrates examples of the application of detailed measuresto an illustrative site example.Fig. B6: Detailed Site Layout PlanningThe main aspects of the scheme illustrated in Figure B6 include:• The identification of a focal space as part of green open space networkwith clear routes of movement and escape to higher ground;• Ease of access to higher land in the event of a flood;• Clear water conveyancing routes free of barriers such as walls or buildings;• Choice of durable flood resistant plant species;• A conventional low-cost earth bund and arrangements to removerainwater or floodwater seepage from within the bund;Planning Guidelines