Flood Risk Assessment And PPS25
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
For today's article I'm going to look at flood risk assessment; in particular the PPS25 legislation published in December of 2006. The original policy was actually called PPG25 (Planning Policy Guidance) and was first introduced in 2001. More recently it was updated to become the current standard in flood risk assessment. Now named Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25) all new construction work has to be approved by the guidelines it sets out.You might immediately be drawn to think that the FRA is concerned with the potential of a new construction to be affected by water in the event of flooding, in particular for insurance purposes. This is an important issue, but it is not the sole reason for an assessment. A Flood risk PPS25 also plays a part in the future maintenance of that building too; knowing the potential threats and where they come from gives the owner the necessary information to protect the building over the years.
There is another purpose in the overarching aims and objectives for the flood risk PPS25 assessment. Not only is it concerned with ensuring the longevity and correct insurance of the building being constructed, but also that once the building goes up it won't cause increased the flood risk to the surroundings in which it is being erected. Indeed the policy states that "development should not increase the risk of flooding elsewhere".
At Anglia Land Surveys we use our GPS datum levelling to produce a flood risk assessment which you can use in submitting your planning application to the Environment Agency. Take a look round the rest of our land surveys website for more details about the services we offer.
Labels: flood risk assessment, flood risk PPS25
