CIRIA Development and Flood Risk Guidance
Client: CIRIA / Department for Communities and Local Government
Arup Scope: Flood Risk Assessment and development advice
Arup prepared both CIRIA Report C624 “Development and flood risk: guidance for the construction industry," and the Practice Guide Companion to the English Government's "Planning Policy Statement 25 - Development and Flood Risk.”
The CIRIA C624 document provides best practice guidance for developers on the preparation of appropriate development proposals in accordance with national Planning Policy.
The guidance includes advice on how to undertake a Flood Risk Assessment and how to design developments to manage flood risk. It recommends a three-stage tiered approach to flood risk assessment, with the level of detail required proportionate to the nature of the flood risk and the proposed development, and the available information.
The report also contains an introduction to the types of flood alleviation measures which may be used to protect new developments and the issues to be considered in their selection and design.
