Environment Agency Presentation to NULeAF

Aaron Dixey

Environment Agency roles

• Strategic Overview for flood and coastal erosion risk– Advisors to the planning system– Work closely with ONR– Work closely with developers / operator

• Consenting authority (flood and coast)• Strategic flood and coastal management

plans

FRA requirements for planning

• Decision maker needs:– Evidence to support the sequential approach

within the site– Confidence that the site can be developed

safely– Reassurance about risks off-site– An understanding of ‘service resilience’– Confidence that climate change has been

adequately considered

FRA needs for the community

• Communities need:– Reassurance that flood risk has been

addressed– Transparency

EA provide advice on

• Assessment criteria and methods• Relationships to strategic flood and

coastal risk plans• Opportunities for flood risk benefits

elsewhere• Who else might need to be consulted

Wave action

• Wave overtopping and ‘on site’ flooding• Integrity of defences• Need to understand the wave / water level

combination with:– greatest impact– most likely to occur at the site

Climate Change - UKCP09

Time

ChangeCentral Estimate

Upper end

Lower end

How much change to plan for?

Time

ChangePlan for this?

Contingency plans

Hope for this

Coastal assessment requirements for planning

• Decision maker needs:– Confidence that the site can be developed

safely– Reassurance about changes off-site– An understanding of ‘service resilience’– Confidence that climate change has been

adequately considered