How to prepare a strategic flood risk assessment
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What information local planning authorities need to include in a strategic flood risk assessment.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 19
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
What information local planning authorities need to include in a strategic flood risk assessment. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- How the SFRA helps your local planning authority
- How others will use your SFRA
- When to review or update your SFRA
- Governance arrangements for preparing your SFRA
- Producing a SFRA with other local planning authorities
- Who to consult when producing your SFRA
- Early stages (scoping phase)
- As work on your SFRA progresses
- When your SFRA is complete
- Which level of SFRA to produce
- How to work out if you need a level 2 SFRA
- Level 1 SFRA: geographical area to cover
- Level 1 SFRA: what to include
- Mapped flood risk from all sources
- Watercourses
- Lead local flood authorities, water companies and internal drainage boards
Source and licence
Environment Agency
AttributionEnvironment Agency, ‘How to prepare a strategic flood risk assessment’ (updated 27 August 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026