About this course

This training module walks through the production of Strategic Flood Risk Assessments and flood risk evidence in plan making. It highlights best practice, key components that should be included, and how to use information in the SFRA to inform site allocations and planning policies for flood risk. This course has been developed to help planners and flood risk professionals understand and apply best practice in planning for flood risk in England. We estimate this course will take around one hour to complete. The course is designed so you can save progress and come back to complete later.

Course curriculum

    1. About this training

    2. Learning outcomes and course structure

    1. What is an SFRA?

    2. The SFRA and the flood risk hierarchy

    3. Who else might use the SFRA?

    4. Quiz

    1. Preparing the SFRA at the right time

    2. Level 1 and Level 2 SFRAs

    3. Who should be involved in the preparation of an SFRA?

    4. Managing the production of the SFRA

    5. Quiz

    1. The format of the SFRA

    2. All sources of flood risk

    3. Current and future flood risk

    4. Nature of flood risk

    5. Residual flood risk

    6. A ranking methodology for the sequential test

    7. Consideration of FCERM infrastructure

    8. Identifying areas of functional floodplain

    9. Cumulative impacts of development and land use change

    10. Opportunities to reduce the causes and impacts of flooding

    11. Guidance on flood risk mitigation

    12. Unsustainable development locations

    13. Recommendations

    14. Quiz

    1. A crucial part of the evidence base

    2. Using the SFRA to inform the sustainability appraisal

    3. Using the SFRA as the basis of the sequential and exception tests

    4. Supporting the delivery of flood risk management strategies

    5. Functional floodplain

    6. Identifying opportunities to reduce flood risk overall

    7. Emergency planning

    8. Addressing the cumulative impacts of development

    9. Unsustainable development

    10. Quiz

    1. Summary

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