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NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

There is also growing awareness of the potential role of the planning system in natural flood risk management at catchment scale and also in local flood adaptation such as facilitating sustainable dra

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Promoting a more sustainable approach to flood risk management, including encouraging the greater use of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) (RG 12).

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Climate change is one of Northern Ireland's foremost environmental, social and economic challenges. It is vitally important to ensure that our new and existing infrastructure is as resilient as possib

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) for Northern Ireland published in January 2012, identified a range of climate risks across 11 sectors including Agriculture, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Servic

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

A cross departmental Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme (Adaptation Programme) was published in January 2014. It provides Government's response to the risks identified in the Climate

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The EC Water Framework Directive (WFD) came into force in December 2000. The WFD introduced a new holistic approach to the management of water quality and established a set of common principles for th

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The programme of measures will have implications for decision-making in the development sector in relation to supporting the WFD objectives and delivering sustainable development. Given the linkages b

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

In September 2011, Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) published the document "Managing Stormwater – A Strategy for Promoting the Use of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) within Northern Irel

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The development of a new Floods Bill for Northern Ireland is due to be progressed. The Bill will provide a wider range of duties and powers for the effective delivery of Flood Risk Management. These i

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The main objectives of this statement are to: • seek to prevent inappropriate new development in areas known to be at risk of flooding, or that may increase the flood risk elsewhere; • ensure that the

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Development plans have a role to play in furthering a more sustainable approach to flood management. This includes a number of measures such as:- • Flood avoidance through the careful selection of hou

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Floodplains and other land important for flood storage or conveyance or sustainable drainage, within or adjacent to settlements can often form important strategic networks of green and / or blue space

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Development plans can support the use of SuDS as the preferred option for surface water drainage in the Plan area. For example, measures such as the

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

use of permeable paving for the developable area of a zoned site could be provided for through the stipulation of a key site requirement. Annex C provides further guidance on sustainable drainage syst

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (NI) 2004 require that development plans be subject to Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). Where SEA identifies and describes the

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The Planning Act (NI) 2015 requires development plans to be subjected to a sustainability appraisal which will incorporate consideration of the environmental effects of the development plan as identif

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The onus rests on the developer/applicant to identify and assess the potential for flood risk to their proposed development by referring to the Strategic Flood Map. Information and guidance is availab

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

All planning applications, including those for the renewal of planning permission, will be determined with reference to the most up to date flood risk information available to the planning authority.

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The planning authority will consult Rivers Agency on planning applications in a number of circumstances, where it appears, on the basis of prevailing information, that flood risk or inadequate drainag

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

DARD Rivers Agency (and other organisations such as NI Water and / or DRD Transport NI in regard to surface water flooding) will normally be consulted in the following circumstances: • where, exceptio

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

• where a proposed development is located in an area where there is a known history of surface water flooding, • where a proposal is of a size or nature that could significantly increase surface water

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

For larger developments (ie those that require an assessment of flood risk or drainage), it may be necessary to consider the removal of permitted development rights. This may also be appropriate in a

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

For certain types of project an Environmental Assessment determination will be made under the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012. In such cases the planning

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The flood risk within a defended area cannot be entirely eliminated. Flood defences are designed to protect land from a specific height of flood water such as a 100 year fluvial or 200 year coastal fl

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The planning authority will not permit development that would impede the operational effectiveness of flood defence and drainage infrastructure or hinder access to enable their maintenance.

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Where a new development proposal is located beside a flood defence, control structure or watercourse it is essential that an adjacent working strip is retained to facilitate future maintenance by Rive

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

There is a general presumption against the erection of buildings or other structures over the line of a culverted watercourse in order to facilitate replacement, maintenance or other necessary operati

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

A Drainage Assessment will be required for all development proposals that exceed any of the following thresholds: • A residential development comprising of 10 or more dwelling units • A development si

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Pluvial or surface water flooding occurs as a result of high intensity rainfall which overwhelms natural or man-made drainage systems resulting in water flowing overland and ponding in depressions in

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

All of these factors have combined to intensify surface water runoff and place additional pressures on the drainage network, particularly during prolonged periods of high intensity rainfall. It is not

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Damage from pluvial flooding has been a major factor in recent significant flood events in Northern Ireland. In the 2007 and 2008 flood events it is estimated that 84% and 60% of the respective total

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The approach adopted in PPS 15 to the management of development likely to be at risk from surface water flooding is to facilitate development provided that the drainage assessment demonstrates that th

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

In carrying out the drainage assessment, the developer should give consideration to the use of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) as the preferred drainage solution. These systems manage surface wate

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

In assessing the need for a drainage assessment the planning authority may consult with Rivers Agency or other relevant government departments and non departmental public bodies. This may be necessary

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Even in circumstances where a drainage assessment is not required by the policy it remains the responsibility of the applicant (or suitably qualified person with demonstrable experience in flood risk

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The planning authority will only permit the artificial modification of a watercourse, including culverting or canalisation operations, in either of the following exceptional circumstances: • Where the

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Culverting and / or canalisation of watercourses, whether undertaken as an operation in its own right, or as works associated with the development of land usually requires planning permission. Some c

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Any artificial modification of a watercourse as part of a flood alleviation or drainage infrastructure scheme carried out by a public body in pursuance of its statutory responsibilities will normally

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Where culverting is proposed for other than development purposes, for example a change in agricultural use, then approval may also have to be sought from other relevant authorities. It is important to

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

written consents do not constitute planning permission to undertake culverting or canalisation activities. Such an operation carried out without planning permission is a breach of planning control whi

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

If part of a watercourse is already culverted prior to the commencement of any development, this does not necessarily mean that it can automatically be lengthened or upgraded to meet the site discharg

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The artificial modification of watercourses is likely to have impacts which run contrary to the objectives of sustainable development as embodied in the Water Framework Directive, the Floods Directive

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Culverting and canalisation are generally considered to be environmentally unsustainable as such operations can adversely impact upon visual amenity in the built environment and can damage or impair t

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Whilst culverting may in some instances alleviate local flood risk, it can increase flood risk downstream by the accumulation of higher flows. The installation of protective grilles at culvert inlets

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

All new development should aim to be in harmony with the water environment. Good layout and design should promote the retention of open watercourses as a central amenity feature, although re-alignment

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

The adoption of sustainable drainage solutions (SuDS) for the disposal of stormwater may be a much more sustainable alternative than culverting or other options involving the artificial modification o

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

assess the flood risk and drainage impact of the proposed development and to mitigate the risk to the development and that beyond the site.

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Flood risk is also driven by non-climate change factors. In this context the ongoing expansion of urban areas will increase flood risk as the loss of natural permeable ground and its replacement with

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Climate change adaptation is about dealing sustainably with the consequences of a changing climate, adapting to those impacts and reducing exposure to the risk of damage. It is also about developing t

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

Introducing SuDS solutions to complement traditional drainage solutions.