Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (LFRMS) for Slough
The overarching objectives of the LFRMS are to improve safety, health and wellbeing for residents and create a cleaner/greener Slough. This will be done by:
- identifying where flooding occurs, and what it affects, and reducing flood risk where appropriate
- avoiding inappropriate development in areas of flood risk
- developing public awareness of flood risk
- opening up watercourses where possible, improving public accessibility and enhance and improving their quality and biodiversity
Any flood management activities carried out will aim to enhance the built and natural environment.
What the Slough LFRMS covers
The SBC LFRMS covers the following aspects:
- identification of the risk management authorities within that area alongside their flood and coastal erosion risk management functions
- objectives for managing flood risk
- measures proposed to achieve those objectives
- how and when the measures are expected to be implemented
- costs and benefits and funding sources
- assessment of local flood risk
- how and when the strategy is to be reviewed
- how the strategy contributes to the wider environmental objectives.
The strategy document starts with the guiding principles and objectives for managing flood risk, Part A.
The local flood risks in Slough are summarised in Part B. Readers will be pointed to other documents such as the Surface Water Management Plan for more detail. Part B will also cover the general measures and overarching delivery plans which can be used for flood management in Slough. In the appendices, a more detailed action plan for each catchment covers small-scale local activities to long-term major ones.
The responsibilities that each authority and the landowners and householders have in the partnership to manage the flood risk will be covered in Part C.
The current issues on flood risk, proposed options and recommendations for each of the seven individual catchments within Slough are discussed in separate appendices.
Reviewing and updating the strategy
The regular review process will be overseen by the Slough Strategic Flood Risk Management Group and is covered in Part A.
How you can comment
Any comments on the strategy can be submitted via email to TransportPlanning@slough.gov.uk and will be given due consideration when undertaking future updates.