1. Environment Agency Presentation to NULeAF Aaron Dixey

2. Environment Agency roles Strategic Overview for flood and coastal erosion risk –Advisors to the planning system –Work closely with ONR –Work closely with developers / operator Consenting authority (flood and coast) Strategic flood and coastal management plans

3. FRA requirements for planning Decision maker needs: –Evidence to support the sequential approach within the site –Confidence that the site can be developed safely –Reassurance about risks off-site –An understanding of ‘service resilience’ –Confidence that climate change has been adequately considered

4. FRA needs for the community Communities need: –Reassurance that flood risk has been addressed –Transparency

5. EA provide advice on Assessment criteria and methods Relationships to strategic flood and coastal risk plans Opportunities for flood risk benefits elsewhere Who else might need to be consulted

6. Wave action Wave overtopping and ‘on site’ flooding Integrity of defences Need to understand the wave / water level combination with: –greatest impact –most likely to occur at the site

7. Climate Change - UKCP09 Time Change Central Estimate Upper end Lower end

8. How much change to plan for? Time Change Plan for this? Contingency plans Hope for this

11. Coastal assessment requirements for planning Decision maker needs: –Confidence that the site can be developed safely –Reassurance about changes off-site –An understanding of ‘service resilience’ –Confidence that climate change has been adequately considered