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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)• 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