{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/29",
  "legislation_title": "Flood and Water Management Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Construction work which has drainage implications may not be commenced unless a drainage system for the work has been approved by the approving body.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) construction work means anything done by way of, in connection with or in preparation for the creation of a building or other structure, and\n(b) construction work has drainage implications if the building or structure will affect the ability of land to absorb rainwater.\n(3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to work requiring development consent under section 31 of the Planning Act 2008 (nationally significant infrastructure projects) or work requiring infrastructure consent under section 19 of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024.\n(4) The Minister may by order—\n(a) provide that a specified class of work is to be or not to be treated as construction work;\n(b) provide for work to be or not to be treated as having drainage implications in specified circumstances;\n(c) provide exceptions to sub-paragraph (1).\n(5) For the avoidance of doubt, anything that covers land (such as a patio or other surface) is a structure for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 7(3) inserted (15.12.2025) by Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 3), s. 147(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(2) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 excluded (23.2.2017) by High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (c. 7), s. 70(1), Sch. 21 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 excluded (25.2.2020) by The Network Rail (East West Rail) (Bicester to Bedford Improvements) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/114), arts. 1, 5(1)(d) (with art. 37(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 excluded (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), s. 64(1), Sch. 21 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 excluded (3.11.2022) by The Network Rail (Huddersfield to Westtown (Dewsbury) Improvements) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1067), arts. 1, 5(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 excluded (11.1.2023) by The Network Rail (Cambridge South Infrastructure Enhancements) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1406), arts. 1, 5 (with art. 34(2), Sch. 12 paras. 5, 47, 79)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 excluded (25.4.2024) by The Network Rail (Church Fenton Level Crossing Reduction) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/526), arts. 1, 5(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7(3) modified (27.11.2025) by The Cory Decarbonisation Project Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1227), arts. 1, 51(3) (with Sch. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 2.5.2018 for specified purposes for W. by S.I. 2018/557, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 7.1.2019 for W. in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2018/557, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting_title": "Water Act 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2014/21",
      "affecting_title": "Water Act 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:54.061019+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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