[ Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) Guidance ]

Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25) is the official document that regulates the assessment of flood risks and their appropriate mitigations to the planning process. You will find below a link to, as well as a short description, to the most relevant documents with regards to development and flooding:

[ Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25): Development and Flood Risk ]

Planning shapes the places where people live and work and the country we live in. It plays a key role in supporting the Government’s wider economic, social and environmental objectives and for sustainable communities.

[ Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk Practice Guide ]

The value of assets at risk of flooding and coastal erosion in England is estimated to be £237 billion. Approximately 10 per cent of existing homes, housing 5 million people, are located in areas at substantial risk of flooding.

[ Technical Advice Note 15 (TAN15): Development and Flood Risk ]

Flooding of rivers and coastal waters is a natural process which plays an important role in shaping the environment. However, as a natural phenomenon it is very difficult to predict, and although floods occur relatively infrequently the consequences can be very significant.

[ Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) 7: Planning and Flooding ]

Flooding damages property and lives. Many parts of Scotland have a legacy of development at risk of flooding from watercourses, the sea, groundwater and inadequate drainage. Climate change is predicted to worsen the situation. The Scottish Executive expects developers and planning authorities to err on the side of caution in decision making whenever flooding is an issue. Flood risk will be a material consideration in a range of cases.

[ Preparing For Floods ]

Recent occurrences of flooding in the UK have shown the devastating effects that these events can have on people’s homes and businesses. Following the floods during the autumn of 2000, the Parliamentary Select Committee for the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs recommended that guidance be produced containing information for use by planning authorities.

[ Pitt Review (Interim): Learning lessons from the 2007 floods ]

The floods during June and July 2007 were a wake-up call. The three months from May to July were the wettest since records began and the events that followed have been linked to the deaths of 13 people. They also resulted in damage to approximately 48,000 homes and 7,000 businesses.

[ EA review of 2007 summer floods ]

Over 55,000 homes and businesses were flooded this summer. Many people are still facing several months away from their homes. The human impact is difficult to measure but insured losses are approaching £3 billion.

[ Association of British Insurers - Summer Floods 2007: Learning the Lessons ]

Insurance companies are proud of their response to this year's devastating summer floods in the UK. And rightly so. Homeowners and businesses in the UK benefit from an almost unique system of flood insurance. In other European countries, protection against the costs of flooding is not a standard part of property insurance, leaving taxpayers to pick up much more of the bill.

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