Strategic flood risk assessment 2011

The council was the first authority in the north west to have undertaken a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA). This shows those parts of the city that may be at risk of flooding under a range of scenarios including the area of flood, direction of flow and depth of water. This assessment is required as part of the planning system in order to understand the risks which flooding may pose to development.

The original SFRA which was completed in 2005 concentrated on the Lower Irwell Valley. More recently, a sub regional Strategic Flood Risk Assessment for the whole of Greater Manchester was completed in 2008. This provides an overview of flood risk from all sources from the sub region, but it did identify a number of gaps in the available information.

This has now been supplemented by a Level 2/Hybrid SFRA (2010) for the area covered by Manchester City Council, Salford City Council and Trafford Council. This document looks at flood risk from all sources and for areas likely to experience significant development looks at the risks in some detail. For Salford, this includes the risk from the Irwell, the Manchester Ship Canal, the Bridgewater Canal, surface water and groundwater. The term "Level 2" refers to the more detailed information on development sites contained within the document. It is referred to as "Hybrid" because it also contains broader "Level 1" information. Much of the information on sources of flooding other than rivers was missing from previous SFRA documents.

In producing this document, the three local authorities worked very closely with the Environment Agency. A joint statement on the implications of the SFRA has been prepared by the three authorities and the Environment Agency and is available to download at the foot of this page. This provides useful context and should be read in conjunction with the SFRA.

The Level 2 / Hybrid SFRA document for Manchester, Salford and Trafford is the main SFRA for Salford and should be referred to when conducting Flood Risk Assessments in accordance with Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25). The user guide and the Level 1 and Level 2 reports are available to download through the links at the foot of this page. The key flooding maps are available from our river flooding map page and surface water flooding map page. Further maps will be added shortly.

Who to contact

Name

Planning and Transport Futures

Address

Sustainable Regeneration
Salford City Council
Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5BY
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Telephone

0161 793 3782

Email

plans.consultation@salford.gov.uk

This page was last updated on 25 May 2012