UK Standard
Building Regs — Part H — Drainage & SuDS
The Building Regulations — Approved Document H (Drainage and waste disposal)
In short: Approved Document H of the Building Regulations covers drainage, including the SuDS provisions that require surface water from new paved areas over 5m² to be managed on-site rather than run to the public sewer.
What Building Regs — Part H covers
Under the Part H SuDS provisions, a new driveway or patio over 5m² must either drain to a permeable surface, soak away within the property, or have planning permission for connection to a drain.
Free-draining (permeable) construction — Type 3 sub-base under permeable paving, or a soakaway — is the usual way to satisfy Part H without a planning application.
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Calculators that use Building Regs — Part H
Official source: GOV.UK — Approved Document H. Figures on this page are a plain-English summary for estimating purposes — always refer to the published standard for compliance.