The council’s latest evidence informing plan making and planning decisions includes the following:
Housing
Employment and retail
Flood risk
Latest 2024 level 1 strategic flood risk assessment (SFRA)
The council published an updated Level 1 SFRA in April 2024. The updated SFRA was prepared by consultants,. AECOM, and replaces the previous 2019 version.
The Level 1 SFRA provides an overview of flood risk from all sources, including rivers, surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs across the borough. It also provides guidance to assist applicants in preparing site specific Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs) in support of planning applications.
The 2024 Level 1 SFRA report and associated mapping can be viewed below. It is a 'living' document and will be updated to reflect any changes to flood mapping issued by other organisations, for example the Environment Agency.
Previous 2019 strategic flood risk assessment
The previous 2019 Level 1 SFRA is also available to view below:
SFRA appendix B - borough scale mapping - figures B1 to B9 (PDF, 17.71MB)
SFRA appendix C - fluvial flood zone mapping - figures C1 to C13 (PDF, 21.7MB)
SFRA appendix D - modelled flood outlines - figures D1 to D13 (PDF, 22.05MB)
SFRA appendix F - surface water flood risk mapping - figures F1 to F13 (PDF, 29.96MB)