Flood risk assessment: flood zones 1, 2, 3 and 3b

Publication Year

2024

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Details how to carry out a flood risk assessment for flood zones 1, 2, 3 and 3b so that a planning application can be completed. Covers: checking whether the development needs to satisfy the sequential and exception tests; checking whether other permissions or consents are needed; what should be included in the flood risk assessment; getting planning advice on the development proposal; submission of flood risk assessments; and contacting the Environment Agency.

Document History

Superseded by: 22 July 2024 update. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-assessment-flood-zones-1-2-3-and-3b and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 24 May 2024.

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