Policy information sourced from Royal Greenwich Local Plan Core Strategy
E2 Flood Risk
The Royal Borough’s Strategic Flood Risk Assessment must be used to inform development and reduce flood risk in Royal Greenwich by:
- Applying the sequential and exceptions tests as detailed in the National Planning Policy Framework and accompanying Technical Guidance;
- Demonstrating consideration of all forms of flood risk by preparing flood risk assessments, in line with advice from the Environment Agency. These must demonstrate:
- that the consequences and probability of flooding will be reduced, where possible, and that there will be no increased risk of flooding elsewhere;
- how actual and residual risk to the development and flood risk to others from all sources will be managed over the lifetime of the development, taking into account climate change;
- that development will be safe through the layout, form and floor levels of the development and mitigation measures;
- that development will be safe in terms of dry access, egress and refuge, and that emergency planning is considered;
- that development will not constrain the natural function of the floodplain, either by impeding flood flows, reducing storage capacity or otherwise increasing flood risk elsewhere; and
- that development will safeguard existing tidal and fluvial flood defences.
For more information please see the Local Plan Core Strategy