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Adoption of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy and Business Plan
Meeting: 03/03/2022 - Council (Item 107)
107 Adoption of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy and Business Plan 
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Report of the Head of Operational In-House Services
Additional documents:
- Enc. 2 for Adoption of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management strategy and business plan, item 107
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- Enc. 1 for Adoption of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management strategy and business plan, item 107
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Minutes:
Further to Minute No. 98 of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 3 February 2022 the Council considered the report of the Head of Operational In-House Services that advised that the Flood and Water Management Act (FWMA) 2010 established Sefton Council as a Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) making it responsible for the management of local flood risk; that under Section 9 of the FWMA, a LLFA had a duty to develop, maintain, apply and monitor a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy; and that the previous strategy expired at the end of 2021 and the new strategy, once approved, would be in place from 2022 to 2030.
The report also advised that the strategy was also supported by a Business Plan which set out the actions the Council would undertake as LLFA over the next 12 months and would be reviewed and updated on an annual basis, whilst also forming the basis for the FCERM team’s annual report to the Overview and
Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills).
A copy of the Final Draft Sefton’s Local Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy 2022-2030; and the Final Draft Sefton’s Local Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Business Plan 2022 were attached to the report.
It was moved by Councillor Moncur, seconded by Councillor Fairclough and
RESOLVED:
That the Local Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy and supporting Business Plan be approved.
Meeting: 03/02/2022 - Cabinet (Item 98)
98 Adoption of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy and Business Plan
Report of the Head of Operational In-House Services
Additional documents:
- Enc. 2 for Adoption of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management strategy and business plan, item 98
PDF 1 MB
- Enc. 1 for Adoption of the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management strategy and business plan, item 98
PDF 3 MB
Minutes:
The Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Operational In-House Services that advised that the Flood and Water Management Act (FWMA) 2010 established Sefton Council as a Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) making it responsible for the management of local flood risk; that under Section 9 of the FWMA, a LLFA had a duty to develop, maintain, apply and monitor a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy; and that the previous strategy expired at the end of 2021 and the new strategy, once approved, would be in place from 2022 to 2030.
The report also advised that the strategy was also supported by a Business Plan which set out the actions the Council would undertake as LLFA over the next 12 months and would be reviewed and updated on an annual basis, whilst also forming the basis for the FCERM team’s annual report to the Overview and
Scrutiny Committee (Regeneration and Skills).
A copy of the Final Draft Sefton’s Local Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy 2022-2030; and the Final Draft Sefton’s Local Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Business Plan 2022 were attached to the report.
Decision Made:
That Council be recommended to approve the Local Flood and Coastal Erosion
Risk Management Strategy and supporting Business Plan.
Reasons for the Decision:
The Council needs to have an adopted Strategy as a requirement as a LLFA under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
None. If the Council does not have an up to date Local Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy in place it will fail in its duties as a LLFA under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.