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Infiltration SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) Map version 2

The BGS Infiltration SuDS Map is a support tool designed to support decisions on the suitability of the subsurface for infiltration SuDS; decisions on the type of infiltration SuDS that will likely be appropriate; assessments of SuDS planning applications to determine whether the necessary factors have been considered; and decisions on whether infiltration SuDS could be appropriate where a non-infiltrating SuDS technique has been proposed. This data product is not a replacement for a soakaway test or site investigation, rather a tool to support SuDS practitioners in their initial desk-based scoping of SuDS feasibility. Two versions of the data product are available: Infiltration SuDS Map: Summary and Infiltration SuDS Map: Detailed. Infiltration SuDS Map: Summary This package comprises four maps that provide an overview of ground suitability for infiltration SuDS. It does not provide any information about the properties of the subsurface. It is purely intended as a dataset for strategic planning. The Summary package consists of the following layers: - Groundwater protection summary - Infiltration constraints summary - Ground stability summary - Drainage summary Infiltration SuDS Map: Detailed This package comprises the four summary layers included within the Infiltration SuDS Map: Summary, plus an additional twenty data layers, containing a wealth of subsurface property information that can be used to make a preliminary assessment of the suitability of the subsurface for infiltration SuDS. The Detailed package consists of the following layers: - Groundwater protection summary - Groundwater source protection zones - Presence of artificial ground - Predominant groundwater flow mechanism - Infiltration constraints summary - Landslide constraints - Artificial ground constraints - Shallow groundwater constraints - Shallow mining (non-coal) constraints - Soluble rock constraints - Ground stability summary - Collabsible ground - Compressible ground - Landslides - Running sands - Shallow mining - Soluble rocks - Shrink-swell - Drainage summary - Bedrock permeability - Depth to water table - Geological indicators of flooding - Superficial deposit permeability - Superficial deposit thickness Layers are provided as GIS vectorised 50 m grids at 1:50,000 scale providing 50 m ground resolution with text descriptions and a numeric score field indicating the suitability of the ground for infiltration.

Simple

Alternate title

Infiltration SuDS Map

Date (Creation)
2016-04
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608593
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Owner

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • Natural hazards

  • Geohazards

  • Surface drainage

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

  • Sustainable development

  • Stability

  • Water quality

  • EGDI

  • Infiltration

  • Engineering geology

  • Environmental protection

  • Urban planning

dataCentre
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
  • EGDI
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations
Other constraints
The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints

The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section ( iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
50000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
GBN

ISO 3166_2 2009 revision

Geographic identifier
GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

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Begin date
2016-04
Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
Distribution format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/infiltration-suds-map/

Infiltration SuDS map

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other

dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass
No
Statement

This data product is derived from the following datasets: - BGS GeoSure soluble rocks v7 - BGS GeoSure landslides v7 - BGS GeoSure compressible ground v7 - BGS GeoSure collapsible ground v7 - BGS GeoSure shrink-swell v7 - BGS GeoSure running sands v7 - BGS Groundwater flooding susceptibility v6 - BGS Geology 50k artificial ground v7 - BGS Non-coal mining hazards v7 - BGS Geological indicators of flooding - BGS Depth to groundwater v3 - BGS Superficial deposit thickness model v2.1 - BGS Permeability indices v7 - BGS aquifer flow mechanism v6 - Environment Agency and Natural Resource Wales groundwater source protection zone dataset (accessed in 2015) These original datasets were modified to create the component datasets in one or more of the following ways: 1. polygons were reclassified with SuDS scores (details about scores used are included in the user guide) and those with identical attributes were merged 2. raster datasets with continuous numerical values were classified into intervals 3. polygons that were not relevant were not incorporated in the map Resulting polygons were attributed with a score, a short description, a detailed description, an advice description, layer identification (ID), and where relevant, further information about the dataset. The only exception was the superficial thickness data layer, which was not attributed with a score classification. The four summary maps were derived from the rasterised component datasets. For each raster cell, the maximum score from the individual datasets was calculated and used to create the summary map. This is the second version of the Infiltration SuDS map.

Metadata

File identifier
45feb552-cfb4-819b-e063-3050940a0350 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-01-14
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608593

 
 

Overviews

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Spatial extent

thumbnail

Keywords

EGDI UK Location (INSPIRE)


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