South Gloucestershire Council Local Flood Risk Management Strategy
Following the significant floods across the country in 2007, the Government gave councils new powers to help manage local flood risk.
Under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 South Gloucestershire Council has a duty to co-ordinate flood risk management within the council boundary to ensure that flood risks from surface water runoff, groundwater, smaller watercourses and ditches are identified and that we work with other flood risk management authorities to manage flood risk in South Gloucestershire. We need to produce a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy to set out how this will be achieved.
We would like you to contribute to the development of the Strategy by telling us about your thoughts and experiences on areas in South Gloucestershire that have been flooded in the past or that may be vulnerable to flooding in the future and how you think these risks should be managed. This information, alongside our own records and other data will be used to develop a Flood Risk Management Strategy for South Gloucestershire over the coming months. A draft strategy will be subject to further consultation in the summer.
Resources to manage flood risk (Finances, staff, equipment, etc) will always be limited and although the survey results will increase our knowledge of flood risk within the district they may not lead to any specific works that will reduce that risk.
Have your say
To tell us about your experience of local flooding and your views on flood risk management in South Gloucestershire, you can:
- Complete our online survey
- Download a copy of the survey to complete and post back to us
- Email: consultation@southglos.gov.uk
- Write to: FREEPOST RTCT-JXLE-EET, South Gloucestershire Council, Local Flood Risk Consultation, Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood, BRISTOL, BS15 9TR
The closing date for comments is 31 March 2014
Further information
Further information about flood risk management is available from our website
If you would like information about what to do in the event of a flooding incident or to report flooding issue, please visit our website
This consultation has now closed and we are analysing the results, which will be published here in due course.
Timeline
- Opened
19 Feb 2014 at 00:00 - Closed
31 Mar 2014 at 23:59
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| Contact Details | To report a flooding incident please call StreetCare on 01454 868000 If you have any questions or would like to comment on South Gloucestershire Council's Local Flood Risk Management Strategy, please contact: email: consultation@southglos.gov.uk write to: |
