Simply get in touch with our team by phone, email or through our contact form with a few details about your site and proposed development. We'll advise on which services you're likely to need, what information we require, and provide a cost-effective, no-obligation quote tailored [...]

Yes. Many of our projects involve discharging planning conditions relating to surface water drainage, SuDS, and foul water that have been imposed on a granted planning permission. We produce the detailed reports, designs and calculations required to satisfy the Local Planning Authority or Lead Local [...]

We provide our services nationwide, with offices in Livingston (Scotland) and London. We work regularly with Local Planning Authorities and Lead Local Flood Authorities across the UK, so we understand the differing drainage and SuDS requirements between regions and council areas.

Both. Unlike consultants who only produce planning-stage proposals, we are Civil and Environmental Engineers, so we take a scheme all the way from planning approval through to detailed design for Building Regulations and construction. This means we don't just propose a SuDS or drainage solution [...]

Nimbus Engineering Consultants offer the full range of civil and environmental engineering services, including SuDS design and reports, drainage strategy reports, Flood Risk Assessments, BRE365 infiltration/percolation testing, foul and below-ground drainage design, external works and levels design, BREEAM and CSH credits, and planning support. We [...]

A BRE365 infiltration test (also called a percolation test) determines whether the ground on your site is suitable for infiltration-based drainage such as soakaways. It's often required to support a SuDS design where infiltration is being considered as the primary means of managing surface water. [...]

Yes. Nimbus Engineering works nationwide, with offices in Livingston (Scotland) and London. We liaise directly with Local Planning Authorities and Lead Local Flood Authorities across the UK, so we understand the varying SuDS and drainage requirements in different regions.

Turnaround depends on site complexity and the information available, but Nimbus works to meet planning deadlines and can often accommodate tight timescales. We recommend getting in touch early with your site details so we can advise on a realistic timeframe and what information we'll need [...]

A Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) evaluates the risk of flooding to and from your development from rivers, surface water, groundwater and other sources, while a SuDS report focuses specifically on how surface water runoff will be managed and attenuated on site. Many planning applications require [...]

A SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) report sets out how surface water will be managed on your development to mimic natural drainage and prevent increased flood risk. Most Local Planning Authorities and Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) require a SuDS report to validate a planning application [...]