Local authorities are also a responsible authority for fl ood risk management and are actively involved in implementing a more co-ordinated and plan led approach to help Scotland manage fl ooding more eff ectively.
Scotland has been divided into 14 Local Plan Districts to help us develop fl ood risk management plans.
These Local Plan
Districts cross local authority boundaries and fl ooding will now be managed across whole river catchments. To support this approach SEPA and local authorities have established partnerships in each Local Plan Districts which provide a forum to share resources, expertise and knowledge.
Under the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 local authorities have more responsibility for fl ood risk management.
In
particular, one lead local authority in each Local Plan District is responsible for delivering and
implementing a Local Flood Risk
Management Plan, to be published by June 2016, which will provide a comprehensive summary of activities that will take place across the Local Plan District.
The far reaching impacts of fl ooding
It’s not only local authorities who have an interest in and are responsible for fl ooding. To support the development of Local Flood Risk Management Plans, local authorities will take advice and guidance from organisations which can provide local knowledge of fl ooding issues and are aff ected by fl ooding.
SEPA also hosts a National Flood Management Advisory Group which has a wide range of member organisations refl ecting the impacts of fl ooding on communities, our environment, economy and health. The National Flood Management Advisory Group provides advice and support to SEPA and, where required, to other responsible bodies on the key deliverables of the Flood Risk Management Act including the development of Flood Risk Management Strategies.
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Working together to target action
By working together, public bodies can take a catchment approach to tackling fl ooding issues. This means that we can take long-term and sustainable actions in the areas where the benefi t of intervention is greatest. The Met Offi ce, local authorities, Scottish Water and SEPA are working closely to share resources, knowledge and expertise and involving organisations with an interest in fl ood risk in the decision making process.
Working together is providing more sustainable outcomes based on more accurate information than has ever existed before. SEPA, as the fl ood warning authority in Scotland and with its strategic role in fl ood risk management, is taking a lead in developing the partnerships and opportunities which will help public bodies to use resources in the most eff ective way to tackle fl ooding together.
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