Flood risk and the Environment Agency

Here is the current policy from the Environment Agency on building in flood risk areas:

Flood Management Through Spatial Planning
The Sequential Test

"Carrying out Strategic Flood Risk Assessments and undertaking the Sequential Test will help Local Authorities to allocate development sites and prepare policies in the future. We believe that the Sequential Test in its current form is a fundamental principle of spatial use planning and expect it to be carried out fully. Avoiding risk is a more sustainable and long-term solution than relying on construction of flood defences or local mitigation measures, such as the raising of floor levels."

Whoops - we are constructing flood defences, local mitigation and raising floor levels on the Seaton Regeneration site. Naughty.

Watch this space for a suggested way of avoiding flood risk on this area which is currently being worked on by Seaton Development Trust.