Issue - meetings

Report No: CAB/FH/16/020

Portfolio Holders: James Waters and David Bowman

Lead Officers: Steven Wood and Mark Walsh

RESOLVED:

That the recently revised Suffolk Flood Risk Management Strategy (SFRMS) as contained in the Appendix to Report No CAB/FH/16/020, be adopted.

(Report No CAB/FH/16/020)

The Portfolio Holder for Operations presented this report which sought approval for the recently revised Suffolk Flood Risk Management Strategy.

This was a statutory requirement for Suffolk County Council as Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) to produce the Suffolk Flood Risk Management Strategy (SFRMS) document, in partnership with other flood risk management authorities (which included Forest Heath District Council (FHDC) and St Edmundsbury Borough Council (SEBC)).  Adoption of the Strategy by the flood risk authorities would ensure that all parties were working to a common flood risk management approach across Suffolk.

Adoption of the Strategy was also being sought by the SEBC’s Cabinet (FHDC’s shared services partner) at their meeting on 24 May 2016.

With the vote being unanimous, it was

RESOLVED:

That the recently revised Suffolk Flood Risk Management Strategy (SFRMS) as contained in the Appendix to Report No CAB/FH/16/020, be adopted.