Details of the LFRMS
The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (FWMA) set out a range of new duties and responsibilities for local authorities in planning for flooding, and delivering effective flood risk management. Upper-tier local authorities such as Manchester City Council are designated as Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) and are responsible for leading on local flood risk management.
The LLFA’s local leadership role is very important in developing and maintaining effective partnerships and communicating risk to affected stakeholders. The LFRMS will set out how the LLFA, will undertake their local flood risk management functions going forward. Manchester’s LFRMS will be an important tool to help everyone understand and manage risk within the City and will set out a risk-based approach to achieve the best results possible using the budgets and resources available.
It will look to promote a wide range of measures to manage local flood risk, including recommendations for what affected communities can do for themselves.
Aims and Objectives
The LFRMS’s overall aim is to ensure that local flood risk is properly managed by using the full range of options in a coordinated way. This will be achieved by meeting overarching objectives for managing local flood risk:
- Reduce the likelihood, severity and consequences of flooding from Ordinary Watercourses, from Groundwater, and from Surface Water Runoff
- Seek opportunities to improve water quality and biodiversity through flood risk management activities
Accessing the strategy document
As the LFRMS and SFRA documents were produced in 2014, it does not meet minimum standards of accessibility criteria.
If you have any issues accessing this document, and require further information regarding it, please contact floodriskmanagement@manchester.gov.uk