We have been consulted about the draft Floods and Water Management Bill, but are you aware that the Flood Risk regulations 2009 No 3042 was made 13/11/2009, laid before Parliament 19/11/2009, and in force on 10/12/2009 see link http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20093042_en_1

It looks to us as though we are complying with the European Directive 2007/60/EC of 23 October 2007 - on the assessment and management of flood risks.

This is another example of discrete rubber-stamping with indecent haste after we have run out of time, but better late than never.

But somebody is now going to have to prepare preliminary assessment maps and reports, with a duty to identify flood risk areas. 

Then they have a duty to prepare flood hazard maps and flood risk maps, and finally they have a duty to prepare flood risk management plans.

We are not sure where the resources are going to come from, but you do know who is going to pay!

At least we may get consulted about the FRMP’s somewhere along the way!

But we still keep asking ourselves ‘will all these new regulations reduce the probability of flooding?

 

Ewan Larcombe Jubilee River

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