Free downloadable flooding guidance from CIRIA
In response to the widespread flooding of recent weeks, CIRIA is offering free online access to its report Standards for the repair of buildings following flooding (C623). CIRIA is a member-owned...
View ArticleNew flood risk management network for local authorities
In the wake of one of the wettest UK summer's since records began - a new network, LANDFORM (Local Authority Network for Drainage and Flood Risk Management) has been launched to deliver improved...
View ArticlePlanners and designers showed 'lack of awareness of flooding issuse: SUDS...
There was a total lack of awareness about the vulnerability of large parts of the country to flooding until the heavy rainfall of last summer, according to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
View ArticleResearch into integrated urban drainage: survey input called for
The Pitt flooding review and Defra’s consultation on Improving surface water drainage highlighted the growing importance of integrated drainage management. To complement this, Defra and the Environment...
View ArticleProgrammme will use LIDAR to map the topography of England
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is being used to measure land topography and assess coastal erosion and geomorphology by the Environment Agency. Information is being set aside for managed retreat...
View ArticleNew guidance gives councils five clear steps for maximising the planning...
Councils must get tough on protecting people in flood risk areas, Minister for Planning Caroline Flint has stated. New guidance gives councils five clear steps for maximising the planning rules to...
View ArticleDevelopment control in high flood-risk areas highlighted in Pitt final report...
Tougher control on development in high flood-risk areas is back firmly on the agenda following publication of Sir Michael Pitt's final report into last summer’s floods. Environment Secretary, Hilary...
View Article'Reckless' developments get go ahead in flood risk areas: town hall chiefs...
The number of new homes being built in flood-risk areas is increasing - despite a Government pledge to crack down on reckless developers.Local planners gave the go-ahead for at least 16 major...
View ArticleSupport for 'breakthrough' ideas will help transform the UK into a...
The Sustainable Development Commission has unveiled a range of 'breakthrough' ideas which could transform the UK into a sustainable society.The SDC's Breakthroughs for the 21st Century project sets out...
View Article16 million funding allocated to help tackle surface water flooding
Local communities across England will benefit from £16 million funding to help them tackle surface water flooding, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has announced. The list of named areas receiving a...
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