environment agency presentation to nuleaf
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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) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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