Cornwall Council’s new role as Lead Local Flood Authority- what this means for Cornish

communities

Cornwall Community Flood Forum Conference

21 September 2012

Andrew Houghton – Flood & Coastal Risk Team LeaderDave Watkins - Hydrologist

Cornwall Council

Background to Cornwall Council’s new role

• Summer 2007 floods• 55000 properties flooded

across England• High proportion of surface

water flooding

•Pitt Review recommended “local authorities lead the co-ordination of flood risk in their area”

Background - Continued

• Pitt Review prompted Floods and Water Management Act 2010

• Cornwall Council are now the Lead Local Flood Authority

• Lead for flood risk from surface run-off, groundwater & Ordinary Watercourses

New Role: Local flood investigation

New Role: SuDS approval & adoption

New Role : Consenting on Ordinary Watercourses

New role : To maintain a flood risk management asset register

•Asset Register•Power to designate

New Role:To develop a local flood risk management strategy

• Opportunity for communities to input to local flood & coastal risk management

•What role could Cornwall Community Flood Forum play?

Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment (PFRA)

• Submitted June 2011. Resubmit June 2017• Assessment of information on flooding

(historic and potential future flooding)• Risk analysis for surface water flooding• Identifies national level flood risk areas• Assessed 180 communities in Cornwall• Identified 28 highest risk communities for

priority Local Flood Risk Management Strategies

PFRA Risk analysis

• Emphasis on surface water• No of people at risk• No of businesses at risk• No of critical services at risk• Combination of the above

Flood Risk Areas

• Defined for England as > 30,000 people at risk

• None in Cornwall, during this round• 10 areas in England, nearest is Bristol• Bar may be lowered for next round

PFRA Local Strategy

• Surface water, fluvial and tidal risks• Critical Drainage Areas (29)• Multi-Agency High Priority Communities (22)• Need for Surface Water Management Plans

(18)• Strategic Flood Risk Assessments for Planning

Frameworks (24)• Rapid Response Catchments (11)

Community Surface water risk ranking

SFRA2 required

Flood Plan required

SWMP required

CDA RRC

Truro 1 ×

Bodmin 2 ×

Redruth 3 St Austell 4 ×

Camborne & Pool 5 & 30 ×

Penzance 6 Liskeard 7 × × ×

St Ives 8 Hayle 9 Newquay 10 × × × ×

Bude 18 × ×

Par & St Blazey 19 & 20 ×

Helston 14 ×

Wadebridge 11 ×

Callington 12 × × × ×

Launceston 13 × ×

Penryn & Falmouth 15 & 23 Perranporth 16 × × Polperro 17 × × × Lostwithiel 21 × Looe (East & West) 22 & 25 × × ×

Mevagissey 24 × × Camelford 26 × × × ×

Portreath 27 × × × Porthleven 28 × × ×

St Agnes 29 × × × × ×

Padstow 32 ×

Mousehole 31 × × × ×

Local Flood Risk Management Strategy

• Initially for 28 high priority communities• 2 strands: Profile & Plan• Local flood risk Profile

- Data, issues, risks, evidence base

• Local flood risk Plan- Needs, actions, applications for funding

• Community input at CNA or Parish level

A new funding approach

Flood & coastal erosion schemes

• Cornwall IPP scheme• Altarnun flood scheme• Annual bid to the EA

for Grant in Aid• Supplemented by local

funding• Programme of

schemes

Relevant Contacts

• Dave Owens - Assistant Head of TWE, Environment & Waste

• Martin Clemo - Principal Environment Projects and Technical Officer

• Andrew Houghton- Team Leader Land Drainage & Environment

• Steve Blatchford - Senior Land Drainage Engineer

• Steve Schotel - Coast Protection Engineer

• Dave Watkins - Hydrologist

• Dave Harvey - Land Drainage Consenting Officer