Flooding and flood risk assessments (FRAs)
This note provides guidance on environmental planning and regulatory issues, and may be of use at a pre-application/application stage.
It is not exhaustive, and if you have any other queries please contact frm@gloucestershire.gov.uk.
FRAs
For information on which ‘flood zone’ your site is in, ground water maps or the ‘risk of flooding from surface water’ see the Environment Agency website.
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and accompanying Technical Guidance (TG) provides guidance on the consideration of flood risk. It includes information on:
- climate change (Section 10 of NPPF and para. 11 of TG);
- the Sequential and Exception Tests and vulnerability of land use types (Para. 101 & 102 of NPPF and Tables 1 & 2 of TG); and
- preparation of Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs) (Para. 9 of TG).
For advice on the Strategic Flood Risk Assessments (SFRAs) please visit our flooding pages. For the SFRA Level 1 Flood Zones please see the interactive map.
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