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Record of meeting
Project
Subject
Hampshire LFRMS
Stakeholder Group - Meeting 1
Date
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09 July 2012
1 of 3
Venue
Discovery Centre, Winchester
Date held 09 July 2012
Present
Hampshire County Council
Campaign for Rural England
English Heritage
Fareham Borough Council
Hambledon Parish Council
Littleton Parish Council
New Forest District Council
Solent Forum
Whitchurch Council
Halcrow Group Ltd
Country Land and Business Association
Environment Agency
Friends of the Earth
Hampshire Fire and Rescue
National Farmers Union
Rowlands Castle Parish Council
South East Water
Overview
This was the first meeting of the wider stakeholder group. The session consisted of presentations,
group activities and discussion, opportunities for questions and break out sessions.
Introductions and key interest / concerns
The following issues were raised as being of key interest to the stakeholders in attendance:
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Clarification of responsibilities
Coastal flooding
Communication and planning at a catchment scale
Communication with local communities
Community resilience
Consideration of flooding in planning applications
Countryside protection
Emergency Planning
Groundwater flooding/flow from minor aquifers
Insurance
Maintenance of solutions
Record of meeting about Stakeholder Group - Meeting 1
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Management and coordination of flooding at strategic to local level
Partnership between Risk Management Authorities
Resilience plans
Socio-economic and environmental factors
Water quality
Additional stakeholders
The following were suggested as individuals or groups who could be approached as part of the
ongoing stakeholder engagement process:
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Association of parish councils
Community associations (where no Parish Councils exist)
Business community
Land owners
Winchester college
Test and Itchen association
Local Resilience forum
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton councils
Category 1 responders
Local Enterprise Partnerships
Military
Community flooding groups
Methodology for assessing flood risk
The draft maps produced to assess the risk of flooding were presented to the group and the
methodology described. The methodology was discussed including whether to present information
on a catchment or ward scale and the assets which should be included within the assessment of
flood risk.
Break out session
The maps were presented at a District scale for discussion within break out groups. Attendees
provided information on flooding issues at these locations and discussed whether maps reflected
the nature of flooding within Hampshire. Comments and information on historic flood incidents
will be used by Halcrow in the preparation of the current and future risk assessment document
within the LFRMS.
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Further comments
A number of further issues were raised by attendees throughout the session:
o Would like to see a more ‘joined up’ approach with greater inclusion of LRF
o Would like greater communication between steering group and other stakeholders
o Public would like greater clarity of who is responsible for managing flood risk and who to
contact in event of flooding.
o Local sources of funding for maintenance of measures should be included in the report
o Need to include potential climate change impacts in the report.
o Include nuisance flooding in the analysis of flood risk
o Include definitions of key terms (flooding, floodplain, groundwater flooding)
o Greater involvement of general public in review of flood location maps.
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