How to prepare a strategic flood risk assessment

Publication Year

2025

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Details the information that local planning authorities need to include in a strategic flood risk assessment.

Document History

Last updated: 10 April 2025 - Information added to clarify limitations of datasets shown on flood map for planning. Provided additional guidance on the use of flood modelling and data to map functional floodplain. Also added further guidance to ensure Strategic Flood Risk Authorities appraise the suitability of flood risk datasets before use. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-planning-authorities-strategic-flood-risk-assessment and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 1 July 2013.

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