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CALLS TO KEEP SUDS ACT ON TRACK (Issue date: 31 October 2011)

The trade association Interpave has added its voice to calls for resisting creation of a possible legal loophole, enabling developers to avoid using sustainable drainage systems (SUDS).

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WEBSITE RE-LAUNCH (Issue date: 27 October 2011)

Planning rules already in place in England - requiring permeable paving or on-site drainage for drives and garden paving - will shortly apply to Scotland as well. The rules encourage sustainable drainage to help reduce rainwater runoff and flooding.

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MAKE SURE YOUR DRIVE IS LEGAL (Issue date: 26 September 2011)

Planning rules already in place in England - requiring permeable paving or on-site drainage for drives and garden paving - will shortly apply to Scotland as well. The rules encourage sustainable drainage to help reduce rainwater runoff and flooding.

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PERMEABLE PAVING FOR AMENITY (Issue date: 26 September 2011)

There is more to concrete block permeable paving than just meeting the latest legislative demands to help reduce flooding. It can also provide a controlled source of clean water as a sustainable amenity for landscaping, ecology and water harvesting, as a leading SUDS specialist has demonstrated.

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URBAN DESIGN, SUDS AND MORE (Issue date: 15 August 2011)

Permeable paving as a source of clean water for landscaping and the impact of new guidance on street design are just two of the topics covered by the latest issue of Interpave’s digital magazine e:Pave.

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NEW HANDLING GUIDANCE PUBLISHED (Issue date: 31 May 2011)

Interpave – the trade body representing the leading manufacturers of concrete block paving, flags and kerbs – has launched a new guidance document for contractors and specifiers: ‘Handling Kerbs and Flags’.

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LEGAL DRIVES (Issue date: 28 April 2011)

A recent planning appeal decision shows that rules controlling new and resurfaced front drives are now being enforced and makes it clear what homeowners need to do to meet them.

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RETHINKING PAVING (Issue date: 4 April 2011)

The recent Budget’s doubling of government funding for road repairs to £200m presents a real opportunity to rethink our approach to substantial urban street repairs by adopting the same criteria now demanded for new developments.

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REDISCOVER CONCRETE BLOCK PAVING (Issue date: 28 January 2011)

The latest issue of Interpave’s digital magazine e:Pave takes a particularly broad view of concrete block paving, covering urban regeneration, sustainable drainage and heavy duty civil engineering applications.

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NEW PAVING RULES 2

The 2010 Flood and Water Management Act adds further restrictions to those already being applied now to new or replacement paving around homes. Designers and contractors can learn about the latest requirements from new Interpave guidance and need to make sure that drives, paths and other hard surfaces comply – for example by using concrete block permeable paving.

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NEW PAVING RULES

The 2010 Flood and Water Management Act adds further restrictions to those already being applied now to laying new or replacement paving around homes. As awareness of these restrictions grows, there are calls for recent paving to be covered in conveyancing pre-contract enquiries, home-buyers’ reports and valuations.

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EXPLAINING PAVING

It’s a time of major change for all those involved with urban design, hard landscaping and paving generally in the UK. Legislation now demands sustainable run-off drainage, new rules control the surfacing of drives and gardens, and there are calls for a fundamental rethink to prevent the growing pot-hole problem in our roads.

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SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE – IT’S THE LAW (Issue date: 5 May 2010)

New legislation just passed by parliament includes far-reaching requirements for SUDS on future construction work carried out in England and Wales, and, as the most versatile of SUDS technique, permeable paving is set to become the norm for hard surfaces.

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UPDATED RESOURCE FOR SUDS AND PAVING (Issue date: 1st March 2010)

With its second reading in the House of Lords just completed, the Draft Flood and Water Management Bill is well on its way to becoming law, making sustainable drainage systems (SUDS) effectively mandatory by 2011.

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PAVING FOCUS (Issue date: 20 July 2009)

A brand new issue of the digital magazine e:Pave has been published covering the latest developments in urban design, architecture, landscaping, sustainability and civil engineering – all with a paving focus.

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MASTERPLANNING WITH PAVING (Issue date: 11 May 2009)

The trade association Interpave has just published a new case study of the award winning Accordia housing project in Cambridge, focusing on external surfaces. It explores the practical application of current approaches to masterplanning, urban design and ‘place shaping’, discussed in another, recent Interpave publication Planning with Paving.

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UNDERSTANDING PERMEABLE PAVING (Issue date: 15 September 2008)

The trade association Interpave has just published an important new 20-page document, intended to help all those involved with the development process - including designers, developers and planning, building control and adoption officers - understand permeable paving, which is set for rapid future growth.

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GOVERNMENT ACTS ON FRONT GARDENS (Issue date: 12 September 2008)

Originally part of the government's water strategy launched in February, new planning rules will apply from 1 October, supported by a Guidance document from Communities and Local Government, and the Environment Agency. They aim to encourage homeowners to use permeable paving, rain gardens and similar sustainable methods when installing new or replacing existing paving in front gardens.

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GREEN PAVING (Issue date: 30 June 2008)

The recently launched BRE 'Green Guide to Specification' provides independent endorsement of the low environmental impact of precast concrete paving, particularly in comparison with imported materials.

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KERBING CORRECTLY (Issue date: 23 May 2008 )

To coincide with the launch of an important Health and Safety Executive initiative, the trade association Interpave has just published a Case Study on efficient design for safe construction using precast concrete kerbs.

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GOVERNMENT ACTION ON FRONT GARDENS (Issue date: 12 February 2008)

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn launched the government’s water strategy for England on 7 February, which includes important new requirements for paving in front gardens to existing and new homes. The trade association Interpave welcomes this initiative and already has guidance available to help garden designers and home-owners meet the new requirements.

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HEAVY DUTY PAVEMENT DESIGN

A completely new, Fourth Edition of the Manual ' Heavy Duty Pavements - The Structural Design of Heavy Duty Pavements for Ports and Other Industries' has now been published by Interpave. The Manual can used to design pavements subjected to highway loading or greater, up to the maximum loads encountered on port and other heavy duty pavements. With a 30-year pedigree, it is regarded as the benchmark by which other heavy duty pavement design methods are evaluated.

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FOCUS ON PAVING

A brand new issue of Pave-It magazine covers the latest developments in urban design, architecture, landscaping, sustainability and civil engineering with a paving focus.

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PAVING ONLINE

Interpave has launched its new website at www.paving.org.uk providing the definitive information resource for the paved environment. Apart from a fresh new look, the site has been designed to make it easier for users to find just what they need from the extensive bank of PDF downloads.

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PAVING TRAINING

A programme of training courses covering all aspects of paving and hard landscaping is being run by The Hard Landscaping Training Group, an initiative funded by CITB and supported by industry.

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MECHANISED PAVING

Machine installation of concrete block paving is already well established for large commercial projects, enabling tight deadlines to be met and minimising 'down-time'. But the same technology is also becoming popular for quite small projects of all types with a growing range of paving designs available.

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PAVING FOCUS

Much has happened in recent months to mould our paved environment, ranging from the government's Manual for Streets launched at the end of March, to the latest thinking from an international conference in San Francisco. These topics and more are covered in a brand new issue of Pave-It magazine - available free of charge to all those involved in urban design, hard landscaping, civil engineering and indeed any form of paving.

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