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What information local planning authorities need to include in a strategic flood risk assessment.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
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.
Preliminary flood risk assessments by lead local flood authorities (councils) in the Anglian River Basin District, identifying areas with significant flood risk.
When to use standing advice on site-specific flood risk assessments, and when to consult the Environment Agency.
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.
How the Environment Agency and lead local flood authorities manage flood risk by following a 6 year cycle of planning.
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