Susdrain – SuDS and placemaking 01/10/2015 Ian Russell and Graham Campbell – London Borough of Enfield 1 Using SuDS to redefine public spaces in Enfield Winning hearts and minds Thursday 1 st October 2015 [email protected][email protected]London Borough of Enfield Themes - Our aims in Enfield - Normalising SuDS - Designing for public safety - Allowing for maintenance - SuDS perception - Project case studies ~ technicalities and public engagement
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- Project case studies ~ technicalities and public engagement
Susdrain – SuDS and placemaking 01/10/2015
Ian Russell and Graham Campbell –
London Borough of Enfield 2
Our SuDS Aim
- Local Flood Risk Management Strategy
- Objective 4 Reduce Runoff Rates – retrofit sustainable drainage to existing developments where opportunities exist, store flood waters in parks and other open
spaces during extreme flood events and apply natural flood management techniques
- We aim to achieve this through Normalising SuDS
Moore Brook catchment
•Area ~ 350 hectares
•8,000 residential properties
•300 misconnected properties
rectified since 2012
Susdrain – SuDS and placemaking 01/10/2015
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London Borough of Enfield 3
Moore Brook Flood Risk Map
Susdrain – SuDS and placemaking 01/10/2015
Ian Russell and Graham Campbell –
London Borough of Enfield 4
Pymmes Park Wetlands
•Total area ~ 5,000m2
•Wetland area ~ 2,000m2
•Volunteer planting in May 2015 organised by
Thames21
•600m2 of pre-planted coir mats installed in 2
days
•Trees and shrubs to be planted in Autumn 2015
May 2015
August 2015
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London Borough of Enfield 5
Pymmes Park Wetlands
•Spoil used to create one new 11-aside football pitch and significantly improve a second existing pitch
•Area of 10,0000m2 raised by 0.7m
Pre-scheme During works
Moore Brook Flood Risk Map
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London Borough of Enfield 6
Firs Farm Playing Fields 21 hectares, 12 football pitches and 1 rugby pitch
Firs Farm Wetlands 30,000m3 flood storage, 2.4ha habitat enhancements including 4,000m2 wetlands, 600m long cycleway
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London Borough of Enfield 7
Firs Farm Wetlands – Community Engagement
- A culverted watercourse running through the site
- Development prevented due to flood risk
- An area which required rejuvenation
- A friends group in its infancy
- Since the development of the scheme ~
- A friends group which has become engaged and receptive to ideas
- Financial streams from Enfield, Thames Water, Environment Agency
and the GLA
- Thames 21 assisting in community engagement and water quality