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Flood risk management

Some of the elements of the Flood and Water Management Act (FWMA) 2010 have already been implemented and these include:

  • Establishing and maintaining a register of flood risk management assets with a record of each structure, together with details of ownership and state of repair, which may affect a flood risk. The map can be viewed at the bottom of this page.
  • Undertaking a Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment for local sources of flood risk, primarily from surface run off, groundwater and ordinary watercourses.

All flood risk management organisations have a duty to co-operate and will need to work in partnership with us on flood risk management.

Environment Agency

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The Environment Agency has a strategic overview role for all flood risk.

Riparian owners

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Under common law, a riparian owner is someone who has a watercourse within or adjacent to any boundary of their property. Where a watercourse is sited between two or more property boundaries, each owner may be equally responsible. Under the new Act, riparian owners retain all the duties and responsibilities for watercourses in their land set out in the Land Drainage Act.

Water companies

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Water companies will continue to be responsible for public sewers, and will have a more formal role in the management of surface water.

Local Flood Risk Management Strategy

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A key duty of the Floods and Water Management Act 2010 is for lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFA) to develop a local strategy for managing local flood risk. Middlesbrough's Local Flood Risk Management Strategy shows the extent of flood risk in the town and how it will be managed in partnership with others. In particular, the strategy will identify risks and include actions to alleviate flooding from surface water, groundwater and ordinary watercourses.

Surface Water Management Plan

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The Surface Water Management Plan will:

  • assess the risk of surface water flooding
  • help identify options to manage risk to acceptable level
  • assist in making the right investment decisions
  • aid planning the delivery of actions to manage flood risk
  • focus on reducing flood risk of existing development
  • influences the management of surface water for future development

Statutory consultee

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Each Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) will become a statutory consultee to the planning authority responsible for approving all surface water drainage systems for new developments, in line with a set of national standards set out by government, as well as specific local standards which the council have developed.

Consenting

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The Lead Local Flood Authority is the regulatory body for ordinary watercourses. These powers were transferred from the Environment Agency.

Regulation is the management of all proposed activities affecting ordinary watercourses, and is made up of two aspects, consenting and enforcement.

Map of flood risk management assets

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If you're struggling to use the map above, these are the points listed on the map:

  • Albert Park
  • Belle Vue Road (culvert behind)
  • Borough Road
  • Dockside Road (adjacent tidal flaps)
  • Fairy Dell (dam)
  • Hemlington Lake
  • Homerton Road (culvert)
  • Newham Way (dam)
  • Paddock Wood (dam)
  • Parkway (adjacent dam)
  • Pine Hill (dam)
  • Premier Road (culvert)
  • Spencer Beck near South Bank Road
  • Stainton Way (culvert)