Agenda item

Report of the Interim Executive Director Environment.

Members considered a Gateway 6: outcome report of the Interim Executive Director, Environment concerning the Bevis Marks Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS).

In response to a question from the Chairman, an Officer confirmed that engineers had stated the square meterage of paving that now flowed into the SUDS beds and the planting and permeable paving was 200 square metres. Officers would undertake a data review on the combined SUDS projects in terms of the amount of water saved from the drainage system and would also look to collate statistics of typical figures from summer storms and the impact of the schemes.

RESOLVED – That Members of the Sub-Committee

1.        Approve the content of this outcome report;

2.        Approve the budget adjustment summarised in section 13 and Table 2 of the Officer report;

3.        Agree to close this project once the budget adjustment to cover an increase in staff costs has been completed (refer to section 13 of the Officer report); and

4.        Agree for the unspent funds from this project to be re-allocated to the Climate Action Strategy programme – Phase 3.