Alan Best advice is keep it simple to start, there is good advice on the DEFRA website along with the advice and a sample plan on Page 25 http://www.defra.gov.uk/...on/pdf/swmp-guidance.pdf WRAP also do one but i dont think it is as clear on the advice Once you have done a few then it becomes easier to adjust more specifically to your needs Best of luck Keith

Can I just whisper the word competence here. A properly constructed SWMP whether draft or final needs a degree of knowledge and competence such that merely using the DEfRA or WRAPS templates is simply not enough. PCs etc should remember that they can land their client with problems as well as themselves. The commitment signed by client and PC has some serious implications if yopu read the text carefully. Bob

Additionally, adding to the good info from BL & CB etc. you also need to have in place the managing side of things e.g. the Who does What When Where How etc. areas which are not indicated in/included in any of the templates etc [which are quite good] that I have seen Also time and again I have come across less than competent people especially some CDMC's that have convinced the clients that its also their role to get involved when they are not even mentioned in the law so have no place at all in SWMP! All the above said its not hard to get a plan made but to convince, in my opinion, the designers to design for the environment instead of an award is an up hill climb and to get reality on site management in place is also hard Best of luck