Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

In August 2007 local authorities in the Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire sub-region commissioned Halcrow to produce a Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) in accordance with Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk (PPS 25).

The purpose of this SFRA is to assess and map all forms of flood risk from groundwater, surfacewater, sewer and river sources, taking into account future climate change predictions, and use this as an evidence base to locate future development primarily in low flood risk areas.

The outputs from the SFRA will help the Councils to prepare sustainable policies for the long-term management of flood risk and improve existing emergency planning procedures. 

Reports

• Warwick District Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - January 2008 (2.9mb, PDF) 
• Warwick District Level 1 SFRA  - Summary (151kb, PDF) 
• SFRA Appendix A (1) - Letter from Environment Agency 21 Jan 2008 (16kb, PDF) 
• SFRA Appendix A (2) - Letter from Environment Agency 14 Dec 2007 (38kb, PDF) 
• SFRA Appendix B - Sequential Test Process (1.8mb, PDF)
• SFRA Appendix C - Details of Environment Agency Flood Zone (367kb, PDF)

Maps

The SFRA contains maps that display how climate change may affect the following Flood Zones over a period of 50-100 years:

• Flood Zone 3A (Climate Change)- High Probability (>1% in any year)
• Flood Zone 3B (Climate Change) - The Functional Flood Plain

County-wide maps can be found on Warwickshire County Council's website.

 

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