Flood risk assessment

Flood risk is an important consideration for new developments. Flooding from the city's rivers and coastal waters can threaten life and cause substantial damage to property. We have committed to assessing this risk regularly.

Core Strategy Target 11.4

To review the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment on at least a five-yearly basis.

This target is on track.

Although flooding cannot be wholly prevented, its impacts can be avoided and reduced through good planning and management.

Strategic Flood Risk Assessments ensure that we are aware of the current and future levels and areas of flood risk, so that we can make informed planning decisions on development proposals. We also use this information to inform policies and proposals within the Local Development Framework, and to identify the city's strategic infrastructure requirements for flood defence.

The Council has completed a programme of Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) work, Level 1 SFRA - Citywide Overview of Flood Risk was completed in July 2006.

Further information can be found in the documents below:

We are currently preparing a Surface Water Management Plan, which will provide us with more information on how we should deal with current surface water flooding issues.

Learning about Strategic Flood Risk is an ongoing process, as such the current target for a five-yearly review should be reviewed.

This page of the annual monitoring report was last updated December 2011.