Community Impact Assessment Form
For a summary of this Community Impact Assessment, click here
Title of Community Impact Assessment (CIA): Local Flood Risk Management Strategy CIA
Directorate: Environment & Community Safety
Date of assessment: June, 2014
Names and roles of people carrying out the community impact assessment:
Fiona Fryer (Planning Officer)
Section A – What are you impact assessing?
(Indicate with an “x” which applies):A decision to review or change a service
A strategy
A policy or procedure
A function, service or project
X
Are you impact assessing something that is?:New
Existing
Being reviewed
Being reviewed as a result of budget constraints
X
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Describe the area you are impact assessing and, where appropriate, the changes you are proposing?
The Local Flood Risk Management Strategy is required under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. It brings together information
on flood risk in Salford and the councils aims and objectives for managing flood risk. It is supported by an Action Plan which lists
measures that the city council and other agencies will take to manage flood risk in Salford.
This will be the first such strategy for Salford. Some of the measures in the action plan have been ongoing for a number of years and
some of the measures are new, but this is the first time that they have been brought together in one local document. As well as the
measures that are currently set out in the action plan, the strategy will set a framework for future flood risk management in Salford and
will help to support bids for external funding from outside bodies such as the Environment Agency.
The Local Flood Risk Management Strategy sets out a number of objectives for flood risk management strategy in Salford which support
the following 4 aims:
 We will aim to improve knowledge of when and where it will flood and the roles of different agencies, amongst all relevant
agencies and the wider community
 We will aim to minimise the impacts of flooding, in terms of both financial cost and disruption, recognising that flooding is a
natural event that will occur despite all efforts to prevent it.
 We will aim to achieve environmental, social and economic benefits from flood risk management, consistent with the
principles of sustainable development and taking into account the impact of climate change.
 We will aim to ensure that when the worst happens residents are rescued and cared for appropriately and that Salford is a
resilient city which can recover quickly from flood events.
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Section B – Is a Community Impact Assessment required (Screening)?
Consider what you are impact assessing and mark “x” for all the statement(s) below which apply
Service or policy that people use or which apply to people (this could include staff)
Discretion is exercised or there is potential for people to experience different outcomes. For example,
X
planning applications and whether applications are approved or not
Concerns at local, regional or national level of discrimination/inequalities
Major change, such as closure, reduction, removal or transfer
Community, regeneration and planning strategies, organisational or directorate partnership
X
strategies/plans
Employment policy – where discretion is not exercised
Employment policy – where discretion is exercised. For example, recruitment or disciplinary process
If none of the areas above apply to your proposals, you will not be required to undertake a full CIA. Please summarise below why a full
CIA is not required and send this form to your directorate equality link officer. If you have identified one or more of the above areas, you
should conduct a full CIA and complete this form.
n/a
Equality Areas
Indicate with an “x” which equality areas are likely to be affected, positively or negatively, by the proposals
Age
X
Religion and/or belief
Disability
X
Sexual Identity
Gender (including pregnancy and maternity and
marriage and civil partnership)
People on a low income (socio-economic inequality)
X
Gender reassignment
Race
Other (gypsies and travellers)
X
If any of the equality areas above have been identified as being likely to be affected by the proposals, you will be required to undertake a
CIA. You will need only to consider those areas which you have indicated are likely to be affected by the proposals
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Section C – Monitoring information
C1 Do you currently monitor by the
following protected characteristics or
equality areas?
Age
Yes (Y) or
No (N)
N
Disability
N
Gender (including pregnancy and
maternity and marriage and civil
partnership)
N
Gender Reassignment
N
Race
N
Religion and/or belief
N
If no, please explain why and / or detail in the action plan at Section E how
you will prioritise the gathering of this equality monitoring data.
It is not considered that the impacts of the Flood Risk Management Strategy
on any of the protected characteristics will be of a significance to justify
special monitoring. Direct impacts of the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy would be very difficult to monitor as it largely draws together
information and actions from a range of different sources.
It is not considered that the impacts of the Flood Risk Management Strategy
on any of the protected characteristics will be of a significance to justify
special monitoring. Direct impacts of the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy would be very difficult to monitor as it largely draws together
information and actions from a range of different sources.
It is not considered that the impacts of the Flood Risk Management Strategy
on any of the protected characteristics will be of a significance to justify
special monitoring. Direct impacts of the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy would be very difficult to monitor as it largely draws together
information and actions from a range of different sources.
It is not considered that the impacts of the Flood Risk Management Strategy
on any of the protected characteristics will be of a significance to justify
special monitoring. Direct impacts of the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy would be very difficult to monitor as it largely draws together
information and actions from a range of different sources.
It is not considered that the impacts of the Flood Risk Management Strategy
on any of the protected characteristics will be of a significance to justify
special monitoring. Direct impacts of the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy would be very difficult to monitor as it largely draws together
information and actions from a range of different sources.
It is not considered that the impacts of the Flood Risk Management Strategy
on any of the protected characteristics will be of a significance to justify
special monitoring. Direct impacts of the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy would be very difficult to monitor as it largely draws together
information and actions from a range of different sources.
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Sexual Identity
N
People on a low income
(socio-economic inequality)
N
Other (please state) (For example
carers, ex offenders, refugees and
asylum seekers, gypsies and travellers)
N
It is not considered that the impacts of the Flood Risk Management Strategy
on any of the protected characteristics will be of a significance to justify
special monitoring. Direct impacts of the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy would be very difficult to monitor as it largely draws together
information and actions from a range of different sources.
It is not considered that the impacts of the Flood Risk Management Strategy
on any of the protected characteristics will be of a significance to justify
special monitoring. Direct impacts of the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy would be very difficult to monitor as it largely draws together
information and actions from a range of different sources.
It is not considered that the impacts of the Flood Risk Management Strategy
on any of the protected characteristics will be of a significance to justify
special monitoring. Direct impacts of the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy would be very difficult to monitor as it largely draws together
information and actions from a range of different sources.
Section C (continued) – Consultation
C2 Are you intending to carry out consultation on your proposals?
Yes
If “yes”, please give details of your consultation exercise and results below
The draft Local Flood Risk Management Strategy together with supporting documents will be the subject of a 6 week public consultation.
The document will be available online through the council’s website and there will be some publicity to make people aware of the
consultation.
Relevant contacts within the planning consultation database will be contacted directly to let them know about the consultation. A small
number of stakeholders will be contacted directly even if they are not currently on the consultation database. This relates to those
agencies which have a direct interest in flood risk management in Salford or adjoining authorities.
Section C (continued) – Analysis
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C3 What information has been analysed
to inform the content of this CIA? What
were the findings?
Please include details of, for example,
service or employee monitoring
information, consultation findings, any
national or local research, customer
feedback, inspection reports, and any
other information which will inform your
CIA.
Information from the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Local Flood Risk
Management Strategy has been used to inform this CIA. One of the objectives against which
the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy was assessed as part of the SEA was “Minimise
economic and social exclusion for all” and therefore the issues covered by the CIA have
largely already been assessed in the SEA.
Please specify whether this was existing
information or was obtained specifically
in relation to this equality analysis and
CIA process
Section D – Potential impacts and how these will be addressed
Could your proposals have a
differential impact relating to
age equality
Will people within certain age
ranges not be getting the
outcome they need?
Will people within certain age
ranges be disadvantaged as a
result of your proposals?
If the impact is negative, how
will it be reduced or eliminated?
If you are unable to eliminate,
Yes (Y)
No (N)
Explain impact(s) and what evidence or data exists to support your analysis?
N
The very young and the very old can be particularly vulnerable during a flood as
they may be less able to evacuate quickly and safely.
However, as the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy seeks to reduce the risk
of flooding this should have a positive impact on these groups.
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reduce or mitigate negative
impacts, are your proposals
potentially discriminatory on the
grounds of age?
Y
The very young and the very old can be particularly vulnerable during a flood as
they may be less able to evacuate quickly and safely.
However, as the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy seeks to reduce the risk
of flooding this should have a positive impact on these groups.
Will the proposals mean that
people within certain age ranges
will experience positive
outcomes?
Highlight any positive impacts
N
Are the proposals likely to
impact on community cohesion?
Is there potential to enhance
relationships between people
who share a protected
characteristic and those who do
not?
Identify areas where there is
potential to foster good relations
No particular impacts on community cohesion are expected as a result of the
proposals.
Section D (continued) – Potential impacts and how these will be addressed
Could your proposals have a
differential impact relating to
disability equality
Will people with a disability not
be getting the outcome they
need?
Will people with a disability be
disadvantaged as a result of
your proposals?
If the impact is negative, how
will it be reduced or eliminated?
If you are unable to eliminate,
Yes (Y)
No (N)
Explain impact(s) and what evidence or data exists to support your analysis?
N
People with a disability can be especially vulnerable in a flood as they may be less
able to evacuate.
However, as the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy seeks to reduce the risk
of flooding this should have a positive impact on these groups.
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reduce or mitigate negative
impacts, are your proposals
potentially discriminatory on the
grounds of disability?
Will the proposals mean that
people with a disability will
experience positive outcomes?
Highlight any positive impacts
Y
Are the proposals likely to
impact on community cohesion?
Is there potential to enhance
relationships between people
who share a protected
characteristic and those who do
not?
Identify areas where there is
potential to foster good relations
People with a disability can be especially vulnerable in a flood as they may be less
able to evacuate.
However, as the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy seeks to reduce the risk
of flooding this should have a positive impact on these groups.
N
No particular impacts on community cohesion are expected as a result of the
proposals.
Section D (continued) – Potential impacts and how these will be addressed
Could your proposals have a
differential impact relating to
gender equality (this includes
pregnancy and maternity and
marriage and civil
partnership)
Will men, women or boys and
girls not be getting the outcome
they need?
Will men, women or boys and
girls be disadvantaged as a
result of your proposals?
If the impact is negative, how
Yes (Y)
No (N)
Explain impact(s) and what evidence or data exists to support your analysis?
n/a
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will it be reduced or eliminated?
If you are unable to eliminate,
reduce or mitigate negative
impacts, are your proposals
potentially discriminatory on the
grounds of gender?
Will the proposals mean that
men or women, boys or girls will
experience positive outcomes?
Highlight any positive impacts
n/a
Are the proposals likely to
impact on community cohesion?
Is there potential to enhance
relationships between people
who share a protected
characteristic and those who do
not?
Identify areas where there is
potential to foster good relations
n/a
Section D (continued) – Potential impacts and how these will be addressed
Could your proposals have a differential
impact relating to equality for people
planning, undergoing or who have
undergone gender reassignment?
Will people planning, undergoing or who
have undergone gender reassignment
not be getting the outcome they need?
Will people planning, undergoing or who
have undergone gender reassignment
be disadvantaged as a result of your
proposals?
If the impact is negative, how will it be
reduced or eliminated?
Yes (Y)
No (N)
Explain impact(s) and what evidence or data exists to support your
analysis?
n/a
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If you are unable to eliminate, reduce or
mitigate negative impacts, are your
proposals potentially discriminatory on
the grounds of gender reassignment?
n/a
Will the proposals mean that people
planning, undergoing or who have
undergone gender reassignment will
experience positive outcomes?
Highlight any positive impacts
Are the proposals likely to impact on
community cohesion?
Is there potential to enhance
relationships between people who share
a protected characteristic and those who
do not?
Identify areas where there is potential to
foster good relations
n/a
Section D (continued) – Potential impacts and how these will be addressed
Could your proposals have a
differential impact relating to
race equality
Will certain racial groups not be
getting the outcome they need?
Will certain racial groups be
disadvantaged as a result of
your proposals?
If the impact is negative, how
will it be reduced or eliminated?
If you are unable to eliminate,
reduce or mitigate negative
impacts, are your proposals
potentially discriminatory on the
Yes (Y)
No (N)
Explain impact(s) and what evidence or data exists to support your analysis?
n/a
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grounds of race?
Will the proposals mean that
people within certain racial
groups will experience positive
outcomes?
Highlight any positive impacts
n/a
Are the proposals likely to
impact on community cohesion?
Is there potential to enhance
relationships between people
who share a protected
characteristic and those who do
not?
Identify areas where there is
potential to foster good relations
n/a
Section D (continued) – Potential impacts and how these will be addressed
Could your proposals have a
Yes (Y)
differential impact relating to
religion or belief equality
Will people of certain religions or
who have particular beliefs not
be getting the outcome they
need?
Will people of certain religions or
who have particular beliefs be
disadvantaged as a result of
your proposals?
If the impact is negative, how
will it be reduced or eliminated?
If you are unable to eliminate,
reduce or mitigate negative
impacts, are your proposals
No (N)
Explain impact(s) and what evidence or data exists to support your analysis?
n/a
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potentially discriminatory on the
grounds of religion or belief?
Will the proposals mean that
people of certain religions or
who have particular beliefs will
experience positive outcomes?
Highlight any positive impacts
Are the proposals likely to
impact on community cohesion?
Is there potential to enhance
relationships between people
who share a protected
characteristic and those who do
not?
Identify areas where there is
potential to foster good relations
n/a
n/a
Section D (continued) – Potential impacts and how these will be addressed
Could your proposals have a
differential impact relating to
sexual identity equality
Will gay, lesbian and/or bisexual people not be getting the
outcome they need?
Will gay, lesbian and/or bisexual people be disadvantaged
as a result of your proposals?
If the impact is negative, how
will it be reduced or eliminated?
If you are unable to eliminate,
reduce or mitigate negative
impacts, are your proposals
potentially discriminatory on the
grounds of sexual identity?
Will the proposals mean that
Yes (Y)
No (N)
Explain impact(s) and what evidence or data exists to support your analysis?
n/a
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gay, lesbian and/or bi-sexual
people will experience positive
outcomes?
Highlight any positive impacts
n/a
Are the proposals likely to
impact on community cohesion?
Is there potential to enhance
relationships between people
who share a protected
characteristic and those who do
not?
Identify areas where there is
potential to foster good relations
n/a
Section D (continued) – Potential impacts and how these will be addressed
Could your proposals have a
differential impact on socio
economic equality (people on
a low income)?
Will people on a low income not
be getting the outcome they
need?
Will people on a low income be
disadvantaged as a result of
your proposals?
If the impact is negative, how
will it be reduced or eliminated?
If you are unable to eliminate,
reduce or mitigate negative
impacts, are your proposals
potentially discriminatory on the
grounds of socio economic
inequality?
Yes (Y)
No (N)
Explain impact(s) and what evidence or data exists to support your analysis?
N
Some of the worst flood risk in Salford is in areas where much of the population is
on a low income, and therefore work to mitigate flood risk – particularly the
proposed flood storage basin at Castle Irwell – will particularly benefit those
communities. Other measures, such as work to increase the take up of flood
insurance, are also likely to particularly benefit people on low incomes as those are
the groups most likely to not have insurance at present.
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Y
Some of the worst flood risk in Salford is in areas where much of the population is
on a low income, and therefore work to mitigate flood risk – particularly the
proposed flood storage basin at Castle Irwell – will benefit those communities.
Other measures, such as work to increase the take up of flood insurance, are also
likely to particularly benefit people on low incomes as those are the groups most
likely to not have insurance at present.
By setting out criteria which will help to guide investment decisions and responses
to flood incidents, the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy will reduce the risk of
perceived unfairness in the distribution of funding for flood defences and in the
response to flooding incidents.
Will the proposals mean that
people on a low income will
experience positive outcomes?
Highlight any positive impacts
Are the proposals likely to
impact on community cohesion?
Is there potential to enhance
relationships between people
who share a protected
characteristic and those who do
not?
Identify areas where there is
potential to foster good relations
Y
Section D (continued) – Potential impacts and how these will be addressed
Could your proposals have a
Yes (Y)
differential impact relating to any
other equality groups, for
example, carers, ex offenders,
refugees and asylum seekers,
gypsies and travellers)?
Will people within any other
groups not be getting the
outcome they need?
Will people within any other
groups be disadvantaged as a
result of your proposals?
If the impact is negative, how
will it be reduced or eliminated?
If you are unable to eliminate,
reduce or mitigate negative
impacts, are your proposals
potentially discriminatory for
No (N)
Explain impact(s) and what evidence or data exists to support your analysis?
N
Those dwelling in caravans rather than bricks and mortar houses are more at risk
in the event of a flood. Therefore, the gypsy and traveller communities are
potentially at a greater risk. However, as the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy seeks to reduce the risk of flooding this should have a positive impact on
these groups. In particular, residents of the travelling showpeople’s site at Fairways
(which is known to be in an area of high flood risk) should benefit from measures
such as the additional flood storage basin.
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people within any other groups?
Will the proposals mean that
people within any other groups
will experience positive
outcomes?
Highlight any positive impacts
Are the proposals likely to
impact on community cohesion
Is there potential to enhance
relationships between people
who share a protected
characteristic and those who do
not?
identify areas where there is
potential to foster good relations
Y
N
Those dwelling in caravans rather than bricks and mortar houses are more at risk
in the event of a flood. Therefore, the gypsy and traveller communities are
potentially at a greater risk. However, as the Local Flood Risk Management
Strategy seeks to reduce the risk of flooding this should have a positive impact on
these groups. In particular, residents of the travelling showpeople’s site at Fairways
(which is known to be in an area of high flood risk) should benefit from measures
such as the additional flood storage basin.
No particular impact on community cohesion is expected as a result of this
strategy.
Section E – Action Plan and review
Detail in the plan below, actions that you have identified in your CIA, which will eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity
and/or foster good relations.
If you are unable to eliminate or reduce negative impact on any of the equality areas, you should explain why
Impact (positive or
negative) identified
Proposed action
Person(s)
responsible
n/a
n/a
Where will action
Target date
be monitored? (e.g.,
Directorate
Business Plan,
Service Plan,
Equality Action
Plan)
n/a
n/a
Required outcome
n/a
None
Could making the changes in any of the above areas have a negative effect on other groups? Explain why and what you will do about
this.
n/a
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Review
Your CIA should be reviewed at least every three years, less if it has a significant impact on people.
Please enter the date your CIA will be reviewed - June 2017
You should review progress on your CIA action plan annually.
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Section F – Summary of your CIA
As your CIA will be published on the council’s website and accessible to the general public, a summary of your CIA is required. Please
provide a summary of your CIA in the box below.
Summary of Community Impact Assessment
Brief summary of proposal or what you are impact assessing
The city council is preparing a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy in order to meet the requirements of the Flood and Water
Management Act 2010. The strategy will guide decisions on local flood risk management in Salford.
How did you approach the CIA and what did you find?
There are some groups (for example the elderly, the disabled, those on low incomes and those living in caravans) who are particularly
vulnerable if a flood happens. These groups will therefore particularly benefit from the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy which
seeks to reduce the probability and consequences of flooding. There are no negative impacts on other groups and no negative
impacts on community cohesion.
What are the main areas requiring further attention?
n/a
Summary of recommendations for improvement
n/a
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Section G – Next Steps
Quality Assurance
When you have completed your CIA, you should send it to your directorate Equality Link Officer who will arrange for it to be quality
assured. Your CIA will be returned to you if further work is required. It is important that your CIA is robust and of good quality as it may
be challenged
“Sign off” within your directorate
Your directorate Equality Link Officer will then arrange for your CIA to be “signed off” within your directorate (see below). Your directorate
Equality Lead Officer or other senior manager within your directorate should “sign off” your CIA (below).
Name
Signature
Date
Senior Manager
Lead CIA Officer
Publishing
When your CIA has been signed off within your directorate, your directorate Equality Link Officer will send it to Elaine Barber in the
Equalities and Cohesion Team for publishing on the council’s website.
Monitoring
Your directorate Equality Link Officer will also send your CIA to your directorate Performance Officer where the actions identified within
your CIA will be entered into Covalent, the council’s performance management monitoring software so that progress can be monitored
as appropriate.
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