dataset · United Kingdom
Infiltration SuDS Map (Sustainable Drainage Systems)
This national dataset brings together sixteen national datasets to create a GIS product that provides the information necessary to determine the extent to which the ground is suitable for infiltration sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). It includes derivations of the following datasets: soluble rocks, landslide hazards, groundwater flooding susceptibility, made ground, shallow mining hazards, geological indicators of flooding, depth to water table, superficial thickness, compressible ground, co
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Evidence quality: 36.1
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- ground suitability for infiltration SuDS (reclassified GIS product with score field) · soluble rocks · landslide hazards · groundwater flooding susceptibility · made ground · shallow mining hazards · geological indicators of flooding · depth to water table · superficial thickness · compressible ground · collapsible ground · swelling clays · running sands · predominant flow mechanism · permeability indices · Environment Agency source protection zones
- Coverage docs-verified
- Latitude 49.77 to 60.86, longitude -8.65 to 1.78 (bounding box)
- Update frequency docs-verified
- notApplicable (per metadata); page shows Updated 2 October 2026
- Access docs-verified
- Not open: copyright of derived materials is vested in NERC; reproduction or transmission requires prior permission of the copyright holder (BGS IPR Manager). Site footer's OGL v3.0 applies only 'except where otherwise stated'. No auth recorded.
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Screening ground suitability for infiltration SuDS at early drainage strategy stage · Flagging made ground, compressible/collapsible ground and running sands as infiltration constraints · Checking source protection zones and groundwater flooding susceptibility as SuDS constraints in planning screening
- Audience llm-inferred
- drainage engineers · geotechnical engineers · flood consultants · hydrologists · planners · GIS analysts
Limitations
- Constraints docs-verified
- Reproduction and transmission restricted without prior permission of the copyright holder (NERC/BGS) · No warranty as to quality or accuracy; use is at customer's own risk; NERC/BGS accepts no liability · Dataset reference date (creation) is 2011-03
Evidence
- https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geology-projects/suds/
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/21936dc9-ef83-42bd-a89d-9eca6b1fb22e/infiltration-suds-map-sustainable-drainage-systems
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