Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Completed
Published Monday 28 September, 2020
Last updated Monday 28 September, 2020
A Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) has been completed for Swale Borough Council by JBA Consulting (March 2020).
The SFRA will be used to:
- inform the plan-making process, in particular the choice of allocations, following the sequential approach
- assist Development Management decisions
- assist Developers in the preparation of Flood Risk Assessments
- help prioritise and target improvements to flood defences and prepare for flood emergencies
Where can I see the Assessment?
The main report and the Appendices can be found here:
Swale Borough Council Level 1 SFRA - Main Report
Appendix A - Historic Flooding
Appendix C - Flood Zones and Surface Water Functional Flood Zones
Appendix E - Risk of Flooding from Surface Water
Appendix F - Groundwater (only available in PDF format)
Appendix G - Reservoir Inundation
Appendix H.2 - Flood Defence Types
Appendix H.3 - Flood Defence Standard of Protection
Appendix H.4 - Flood Defence Condition
Appendix I - Breach Locations and Extents
Appendix J - Flood Warning and Alert Areas
Appendix K - Site Screening Spreadsheet
Appendix L - Potential areas for flood defence improvements
The flood zone maps, maps showing the effects of climate change and the risk of flooding from surface water maps, are now available on the Council’s public facing interactive mapping system, with the exception of Appendix F.
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency are the government’s experts on flood risk. To find out whether you are at risk of flooding, to check flood warnings and make sure you are prepared for a flood situation, please go to the Environment's Agency website.
Updated Climate Change Allowances
Since the completion of the Swale SFRA the Government, informed by the Environment Agency, have published updated guidance on climate change allowances to be used in flood risk assessments and strategic flood risk assessments.
When undertaking an FRA, please refer to the most up to date climate change allowances provided by the Environment Agency.
For queries about any of this information please email or call 01795 417192.