Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

In April 2007, a group comprising the then Boroughs and Districts of Shropshire, Shropshire County Council and Telford & Wrekin Council jointly commissioned the following assessment.

• Download the Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) which follows the advice and procedures set out in National Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS).

A Level 1 SFRA has been produced for each of the six local authorities involved, and has the endorsement of the Environment Agency, the responsible authority for flood defence in England and Wales. The outputs of the Telford & Wrekin Council Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (September 2007) provide an appraisal of the nature and extent of all types of flooding to provide the Council with the necessary information to inform planning policy production in the Borough. The document is required to ensure due regard is paid to flood risk in the creation of policies and plans.

The Level 1 study also has a multi-functional role and will be used as a tool to assess flood risk for spatial planning, producing development briefs, setting constraints, informing sustainability appraisals, identifying locations of emergency planning measures and requirements for flood risk assessments.

Through guiding development decisions, a critical aim of the SFRA is to avoid inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding, and to direct development away from areas at highest risk.

Download the Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment September 2007; the documents below form this assessment.

• Download Appendix A for more information about the Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment.
• Download Appendix B for more information about the Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment.
• Download Appendix C for more information about the Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment.

associated summary which has been prepared to provide an overview of national planning guidance and flood risk.

The following series of maps illustrate the different forms of flood risk across the Borough and related information:

• download the A1 Watercourses and Flood Defences (Borough)
• download the B1 Flooding from all sources (rural west)
• download the B2 Flooding from all sources (urban and rural north)
• download the B3 Flooding from all sources (south including majority urban area)
• download the B4 Flooding from all sources (rural east including Newport)
• download the C1 Climate Change (Borough)
• download the D1 Solid Geology Plan (Borough)
• download the D2 Drift Geology Plan (Borough)
• download the E1 Historic Flood Outlines (rural west)
• download the E2 Historic Flood Outlines (urban and rural north)
• download the F1 Flood Warning (Borough). 

Last updated: 18/08/2022 10:46