The Strategic Flood Risk Assessment for Huntingdonshire was undertaken in 2004 to provide a detailed and robust assessment of the extent and nature of the risk of flooding in Huntingdonshire and its implications for land use planning. In addition the SFRA sets the criteria for the submission of planning applications in the future and for guiding subsequent development control decisions.
The SFRA has been funded from HDC’s Land Drainage Budget and has specific objectives to:
- Provide a reference and policy document to inform the replacement Local Plan and any
subsequent plans.
- Ensure that Huntingdonshire District Council meets its obligations under the latest planning
guidance (PPG25).
- Provide a reference and policy document to advise and inform private and commercial
developers of their obligations under the latest planning guidance.
The principal output from the study is a set of maps which subdivide the District into Flood Risk Zones in accordance with the definitions given in PPG 25. These maps give Huntingdonshire District Council sufficient information so as to have an overall view of flood risk areas for strategic planning purposes. The maps and this accompanying report will enable consistent and sustainable decisions to
be made with respect to flood risk. A key plan to the map tiles is given as Appendix N.
The assessment has shown that in some parts of the District there is a significant difference between the extent of Zone 3 (annual risk of flooding greater than 1%) and the extent of the Indicative Flood Maps produced by the Environment Agency.
The risk of flooding from four principal sources has been assessed, the sources are:
- Main Rivers
- Middle Level Commissioners’ high level carriers
- Internal Drainage Boards’ low level systems
- Ordinary Watercourses (including Awarded Watercourses)
To view the Full Document including maps, use the link on the right. For ease of use, we have copied the index map for the district and linked the 2054 predictive maps. The maps for 2004 are linked within the document itself.
N.B The SFRA outputs should be used in conjunction with the Environment Agency Flood Zone Maps, the main difference being that the SFRA data takes into account flood defences. It is anticipated that over time the differences between the data will be reduced. A full explanation of the differences is included on page 2 of the document.