Drainage-led groundworks and utility coordination across Exeter, Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton and East Devon
Exeter sits within the River Exe catchment, where the Environment Agency has identified significant flood risk concentrated in key urban areas including Exeter, and flood risk evidence forms part of local planning work such as the city’s Strategic Flood Risk Assessment material.
This makes practical, compliant drainage and surface water control a core part of many developments, especially when sites interface with watercourses, flood zones or constrained discharge routes.
N&G Groundworks supports developments across the South West, and our sewer requisitions service is described as covering East and Mid Devon alongside Dorset and Somerset.
Priority services for Exeter and East Devon
Section 38 and 278 works | Sewer requisitions – Wessex Water approved | Foul and surface water drainage | Asphalt surfacing | External finishings
Successful outcomes in the Exeter and East Devon area depend on drainage performance, careful levels work and a clear plan for interfaces with existing networks. Our team installs foul and surface water drainage for residential and commercial sites, and we deliver sewer requisitions and live connection works under our Wessex Water-approved services.
Devon highway adoption
In Devon, road adoption involves Section 38 agreements with the highway authority, supported by design checks, inspection and a financial bond structure that secures delivery against the agreed standard. For Exeter and East Devon schemes involving adoptable roads or changes to existing highways, we plan delivery around approvals, inspections and staged completion so surfacing and sign-off can be achieved without last-minute disruption.
Local project experience across Exeter and East Devon
Case Study
At St. Margaret’s Residence in Exeter, our appointment covered reduce-level excavation, foundations and drainage runs within an existing structure, adoptable drainage and new connections, service trenching and external works as part of a redevelopment of historic school buildings.
At Bicton College in East Budleigh, our scope included reinforced slabs, suspended floor works, new footpaths, pad foundations, drainage and SuDs elements, and concrete apron works supporting the new facilities.
Utility diversions delivered with the right approvals
When a scheme needs service diversions or new service installation, we deliver utility diversions across the South West as an Achilles UVDB-accredited contractor, coordinating directly with providers and managing reinstatement as part of the package.
Start with a drainage-first conversation
Send your drawings, constraints and programme dates and we will come back with a practical route for drainage, approvals and delivery sequencing that suits your site.
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