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How the Environment Agency and lead local flood authorities manage flood risk by following a 6 year cycle of planning.
Preliminary flood risk assessments by lead local flood authorities (councils) in the Northumbria River Basin District, identifying areas with significant flood risk.
Find out when you need to do a flood risk assessment as part of your planning application, how to complete one and how it is processed.
Approach, responsibilities and guidance to complete flood risk management plans.
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
A summary of the risk of flooding from main rivers, the sea and reservoirs in the river basin districts that are wholly or partly within England.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
When to use hydrological and hydraulic modelling as part of a flood risk assessment for a planning application, and the expected standards.
This guidance is for the Environment Agency and lead local flood authorities on their responsibilities when preparing flood risk management plans.
Preliminary flood risk assessments by lead local flood authorities (councils) in the South East River Basin District, identifying areas with significant flood risk.
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