PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)·Page 19·4.10
Strategic flood risk information and climate change considerations
Rivers Agency will provide strategic flood risk information at development plan preparation stage that accounts for present-day flood risk, historical flooding records, and future predictive flood risk associated with climate change.
The strategic flood risk information and advice provided by Rivers Agency at development plan preparation stage will take account of the latest information on flood risk. This will not only include the present day predictive flood risk associated with flooding from various sources, but also historical records of flooding and the predictive flood risk in the future, associated with climate change.
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