Issue - meetings

Report No:   CAB/SE/16/021

Portfolio Holders: Alaric Pugh and Peter Stevens            

Lead Officers: Steven Wood and Mark Walsh

RESOLVED:

That the recently revised Suffolk Flood Risk Management Strategy (SFRMS), as contained in Appendix 1 to Report No: CAB/SE/16/021, be adopted.

The Cabinet considered Report No: CAB/SE/16/021, which sought approval for the recently revised Suffolk Flood Risk Management Strategy.

Councillor Alaric Pugh, one of the Portfolio Holders with the responsibility for flood risk management, drew relevant issues to the attention of the Cabinet including that it 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.

On 17 May 2016, FHDC’s Cabinet (SEBC’s shared services partner) had resolved to adopt the document.

Members recognised the comprehensive and thorough content of the document, which would also assist Town and Parish Councils and developers with addressing potential flood risk management issues as part of the planning process.

RESOLVED:

That the recently revised Suffolk Flood Risk Management Strategy (SFRMS), as contained in Appendix 1 to Report No: CAB/SE/16/021, be adopted.