Planning consideration

Flood risk zones

Areas at risk from flooding from rivers or the sea

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• Design stage: On the platform
• Tags:
  • local plan

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• Synonyms: No synonyms added
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: Unknown
• Frequency of updates: Quarterly
• Useful links:
  • Flood risk guidance
  • Flood risk zone 2 map (data.gov.uk)
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

• Who asked for 'Flood risk zones' data?

• What is the driver for the request?

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

Screen

• What is the 'Flood risk zones' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'Flood risk zones'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Flood risk zones'?

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Flood risk zones a trigger?

• Is the Flood risk zones something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Flood risk zones data already available?

  Yes

  • What Flood risk zones data is currently available?

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      • url: https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/cf494c44-05cd-4060-a029-35937970c9c6/flood-map-for-planning-rivers-and-sea-flood-zone-2
      • name: Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea) - Flood Zone 2
      • fields: FID;Shape;LAYER;TYPE
      • licence: OGL
      • coverage: National
      • publisher: Environment Agency
      • attribution: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2023. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2023 OS AC0000807064.
      • metadata_url: https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=0715ee89-f9ce-4ad5-93ec-bf06b35971b1&fileName=Guidance_Flood_Zone_2_v6_1.pdf

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

• Will a data standard be required?

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Flood risk zones?

• Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

• Where will or should the data be used?

• What other planning considerations does it interact with?

  • Local plans - Flood risk zones are referenced a number of times in local plans, so we think that this consideration feeds into the process of creating a local plan.

• Who are the statutory consultees for Flood risk zones?

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Flood risk zones? How do we expect them to use Flood risk zones?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Flood risk zones data?

• What are some potential uses of Flood risk zones data?

• What's the value of adding Flood risk zones data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Flood risk zones data available?

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2 updates

• Kieran Wint (04 September 2024)

  As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

• Kieran Wint (03 September 2024)

  The metadata in the 'risk of flooding from rivers and sea' dataset published on data.gov.uk by the Environment Agency states that the frequency with which the dataset is updated is quarterly. However, this quarterly update has been paused and further information can be found on the update guidance.

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Last updated: 2025-03-21 10:28:44