Title: Cornwall Council
1Cornwall Councils new role as Lead Local Flood
Authority- what this means for Cornish
communities
Andrew Houghton Flood Coastal Risk Team
LeaderDave Watkins - HydrologistCornwall Council
Cornwall Community Flood Forum Conference 21
September 2012
2Background to Cornwall Councils 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
3Background - 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
4New Role Local flood investigation
5New Role SuDS approval adoption
6New Role Consenting on Ordinary Watercourses
7New role To maintain a flood risk management
asset register
- Asset Register
- Power to designate
8New RoleTo 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?
9Preliminary 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
10PFRA 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
11Flood Risk Areas
- Defined for England as gt 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
12PFRA ? 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)
13Community 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 ?
14Local 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
15A new funding approach
16Flood 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
17Relevant 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