FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT

The assessment of flood risk is a planning requirement when building in designated flood risk zones in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey.

 

For flood risk assessments in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland please contact us or our ROI/NI associate (Peter McAleer, www.pmcaleer.com) to progress your project.

 

TransTech has been providing coastal and fluvial flood risk assessment consultancy services since 2006 for sites potentially affected by high flows in rivers, streams, burns and/or elevated levels in freshwater waterbodies and/or coastal flooding from the sea.

 

During this time extreme coastal and fluvial flood level estimates have changed on a year by year basis in terms of storm surge and wave action and for freshwater watercourses the accepted methods for 1 in 100 year, 1 in 200 year, 1 in 500 year and 1 in 1000 year flood estimates. As a well established flood risk assessment consultancy we are constantly in tune with all of the flood risk estimation method changes and as such can provide an accurate prediction for flooding at your site to comply with current environment regulator/planning authority criteria. 

 

We are proud of our:

  • Comprehensive experience and knowledge
  • Competitive rates
  • Dedicated customer support 
  • Timely delivery – usually within 4 weeks of receiving all the required information

 

For Scotland our coastal and fluvial flood risk assessment consultancy work meets Scottish Planning Policy February 2010: Flooding and Drainage (formerly SPP7), PAN 69, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) criteria and insurance company specifications.  For England and Wales our flood risk assessment services meet Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25, formerly PPG25), TAN 15, Environment Agency (EA) criteria and insurance company specifications.  For Northern Ireland the risk assessments meet PPS15/Rivers Agency criteria.  For the Republic of Ireland the flood risk assessment work complies with Office of Public Works and planning standards. For the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands coastal and fluvial flood risk assessment work complies with island regulator/planning authority criteria.

 

TransTech covers all aspects of flood risk assessment including site survey (for sites outside of Scotland we have a network of associate land surveyors who do this for us), liaison with your local environment regulator and planning authority, determination of historical flooding, flood water hydraulic modelling and report production for submission to regulators.

 

We can carry out coastal and/or fluvial flood risk assessment consultancy work for any type or scale of existing or proposed development from large developments involving a number of residential dwellings or an industrial development through to care homes, schools, social developments and single dwelling house plots.

FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT COST

 

A typical in-depth flood risk assessment to comply with planning and regulator criteria involves the assessment of flood levels, watercourse/lake/sea hydraulics, watercourse hydrology, flood defence structures, escape routes and evacuation, flood mitigation measures, local drainage capacity, historic flood level analysis, etc., which require significant time inputs and technical expertise.

 

This can range from a few hundred pounds to several thousand pounds depending on site-specific risks, the size and the complexity of the development.

THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO PREPARE A FEE QUOTE

 

1.  National grid reference, address or postcode of the site
2.  If possible a location plan showing your development site
3.  If available an architect’s drawing
4. Copies of letters concerning flood risk at the site sent by the planning
      authority or environment regulator
5.  Topographical survey details (if a survey has been carried out at the
      site)

Flood Risk Assessment: Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, ROI Flood Risk Assessment: Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, ROI
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For more information on our flood risk assessment consultancy services please call the office on 01631 720699, or if you would like to request a fee quote for your project contact us by email at info@transtechlimited.com with the details of the project.

 

Please note for Scotland we provide flood risk assessments for all of the Scottish islands, from the small inhabited islands through to the larger islands such as, but by no means limited to, Arran, Bute, the Cumbraes, Gigha, Islay, Jura, Mull, Skye and in the Outer Hebrides such as Barra, Benbecula, Harris, Lewis, Scalpay and the Uists. As well as the Western Isles we also do flood risk assessments for the Shetland and Orkney Isles and cover the whole of mainland Scotland from Argyll and Highland down to Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders.

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