Written Consultation
Response
Consultation on draft Flood Risk Management Plans and Strategic
Environmental Assessment
This consultation runs from the 10 October 2014 and ends on 31 January 2015. We look
forward to receiving your feedback.
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River Basin District
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include any personal information. If you have requested your response be kept confidential, it may still
be required to provide a summary.)
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How can I find out more?
Further information on the Flood Risk Management Plan consultation is available through
the Natural Resources Wales or the Environment Agency’s websites.
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Flood Risk Management Plan Consultation Questions
Consultation Question 1
Do you agree this draft plan sets out the most significant flood risk issues for your area?
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Yes
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No
If not, please explain what you think is missing.
Consultation Question 2
What do you consider to be the highest priorities for managing the risk of flooding in your
area?
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It is important to have the right objectives for managing the risk of flooding, taking account
of the impacts of flooding on people, property and the environment.
Consultation Question 3
Do you understand the objectives as described in the draft plan?
 Yes
 No
If not, what would help you understand them better?
Consultation Question 4
Is the balance right between the ‘social’, ‘economic’ and ‘environmental’ objectives, as
explained in the draft plan?
 Yes
 No
If not, what would you change and why?
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Consultation Question 5
Are there other flood risk management objectives that should be included?
 Yes
 No
If so, please explain what they are and why they should be included?
This draft plan proposes new ‘measures’ to manage flood risk, alongside measures which
are already ‘agreed’ and ‘ongoing’.
Consultation Question 6
Do you understand the difference between on-going, agreed and proposed measures, as
explained in the draft plan?
 Yes
 No
If not, what would help you understand them better?
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Across all proposed, agreed and ongoing measures, the plan describes ‘prevention’,
‘preparation’, ‘protection’ and ‘recovery and review’ approaches.
Consultation Question 7
Is the balance right between these different types of approach, as explained in the draft
plan?
 Yes
 No
If not, which proposed measures would you change, and why?
Consultation Question 8
Are there other proposed measures that should be included?
 Yes
 No
If yes, please explain what they are and why they should be included.
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Consultation Question 9
How can you support the work set out in the draft flood risk management plan to reduce
flood risk?
As well as draft flood risk management plans, Natural Resources Wales is consulting on
draft updates to river basin management plans, which set out measures to improve water
in rivers, lakes, estuaries, coasts and in groundwater.
Consultation Question 10
Are there things you think should be done to improve co-ordination of river basin and flood
risk management planning?
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For the Severn River Basin District only
We have proposed a change to the boundary between the Severn and South West River
Basin Districts.
Consultation Question 11
Do you agree this proposed change should be adopted in the final plan?
 Yes
 No
If not, please explain why.
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Strategic Environmental Assessment Consultation Questions
A strategic environmental assessment (SEA) has been undertaken to consider how the
draft flood risk management plan could affect people and the wider environment. The
environmental report presents the results of this assessment and summarises the effects
that are significant for the river basin district as a whole.
Consultation Question 12
Do you agree with the conclusions of the environmental assessment?
 Yes
 No
If not, please explain why.
Consultation Question 13
Are there any further significant environmental effects of the draft plan which you think
should be considered?
 Yes
 No
If yes, please describe what they are.
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We have described potentially ‘negative effects’ of the draft plan on the environment which
would need mitigation, as well as wider opportunities to achieve ‘positive effects’.
Consultation Question 14
Are there further mitigations or opportunities that should be considered for the plan?
 Yes
 No
If yes, please give details.
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How to respond
Your response to this consultation needs to be returned by 31 January 2015.
We would like you to use this consultation pro forma to respond to this consultation. You
can return it by email to Flood.Risk.Management.Plan@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk or
by post to:
Rachel Sion
Natural Resources Wales
Ty Cambria
29 Newport Road,
Cardiff,
CF24 0TP
How will Natural Resources Wales use your information?
We will publish our full response to each FRMP consultation in April 2015. It will include
summary comments and queries we received in the responses and will outline our
recommendations which will take these into account. The report will be available on our
website and circulated to all consultees. We will include the name of the organisation for
those responses made on behalf of organisations. We will not publish the names of
individuals who respond. Should you not wish your response to be included please
ensure that this is stated clearly on the front of this proforma.
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004, Natural Resources Wales may be required to publish your response to
this consultation, but will not include any personal information. If you have requested your
response be kept confidential, it may still be required to provide a summary.
If you have any questions or complaints about the way this consultation has been carried
out, please contact:
Rachel Sion
Natural Resources Wales
Ty Cambria
29 Newport Road,
Cardiff,
CF24 0TP
www.naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
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