Review of existing development plans for flood risk

As part of the precautionary approach, the planning authority may also need to review extant development plans with a view to addressing flood risk issues which may only have been identified relatively recently as a result of the emerging flood risk information. This may be necessary, for example, where undeveloped land previously zoned for development is now known to be located in a flood plain. In such circumstances and providing the flood risk cannot be properly managed through the development management system, a formal amendment to the Plan may need to be considered.