Flood risk

Brighton & Hove Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)

The Brighton & Hove SFRA [PDF 7.59mb] contains further information that will help identify:

the Flood Zone the development is located in (SRFA figure 3.1);
past localised incidents of flooding which may need to be considered e.g. sewer flooding from heavy rain events
the flood risk ‘vulnerability’ of different land uses and their compatibility with different flood zones i.e. which uses may or may not be acceptable in different flood zones (table 2.1);
the tests that a development proposal may need to meet if it is located in an area of medium or high flood risk (flood zones 2 or 3);
guidance about what site-specific Flood Risk Assessments (for applications in flood zone 2/3, or for proposals of areas greater that 1ha) should include; and
ways for all developments to minimise and mitigate against flood risk.

Additional information on how to minimise flood risk is available from the Environment Agency website. Design and specification advice can be found in the National House Building Council's Climate change and innovation in house building: designing out risk [PDF 1771kb] (pages 25 and 26).

Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 25: Development and Flood Risk contains information on the need for and requirements of Site Specific Flood Risk Assessment.

See also Area Priorities for Aldrington Basin, North Quayside and South Portslade.

Shoreham Harbour Flood Risk Management Guide SPD 13 (2015) - SPD13 (brighton-hove.gov.uk)