The Environment Agency, together with Natural Resources Wales, has published a joint plan setting out what is being planned and when to manage the risk of flooding in the Dee River Basin District.
The update covers what flood risk planning is currently taking place across the River Basin District, the timing of specific consultations and details on which organisations lead on those consultations.
The regulators are hoping that by highlighting the activities early on, stakeholders will get involved in shaping the plans and be part of managing flooding.
The document also includes the proposed scope of the Strategic Environmental Assessments for the plan that the organisations are currently preparing.
Over the next two years, Natural Resources Wales and the Environment Agency will be undertaking considerable planning work, culminating in the publication of Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs) and updated River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs). Together, the plans will shape important decisions and direct considerable investment.
FRMPs identify the risk from flooding and set out objectives and measures for managing that risk. In so doing, they aggregate information about all sources of flooding - and coastal erosion where appropriate- to better inform prioritisation, decision making and work programming.
Natural Resources Wales, the Environment Agency, Lead Local Flood Authorities and Water Companies carry out a 'Risk Management Authority' role in relation to flooding. We all work together to help communities and businesses understand their flood risk, deliver solutions to minimise this and support them to adapt to flooding and become more resilient, if the worst should happen.
Natural Resources Wales and the Environment Agency will be consulting on a draft flood risk management plan for the whole of the Dee RBD that sets out the objectives and measures we are proposing to manage flood risk. The draft plan will also include objectives and measures that some Lead Local Flood Authorities are also proposing.
Consultation on the draft FRMP will be from September 2014 to December 2014. The final FRMPs will be published in December 2015.
Click here to download the Dee RBD Plan
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