Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Central Area Action Plan.

Along with adherence to SUDS policy we would also want to see a strict strategy of betterment of the existing surface water situation, to be achieved by separation and also through no connection of surface water (Brownfield or Greenfield development) into either combined sewers or existing foul sewers. Adherence to this will bring development in Southend in line with the policy of separation being established in Anglian Water's waste water strategy for Southend.

The Southend area has significant issues associated with surface water in both the combined and foul sewage network, therefore to enable development to proceed we would look for astringent SUDS policy to be in place with regards to any development or redevelopment proposals. We would also look for any new development or redevelopment to be in line with Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk (PPS25) and Approved Document H of the Building Regulations 2000 (as amended) (H3).