The Dumfries and Galloway Council Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) follows the guidance from Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) and aims to provide an overview of existing and future flood risk in the region.
This SFRA will support the policy intent of National Planning Framework 4 ( NPF4 ) by enabling the Council to:
Identify areas of flood risk in the region
Identify areas where climate change will result in unmanageable flood exposure, resulting in the need for alternative land use
Inform blue/green infrastructure strategy
Flood Events and SEPA Flood Maps
Dynamic Coast Web Application
It has been recognised that some of the early indicators of climate change will include increased erosion and flooding of our coastlines. The Dynamic Coast project’s aims include the provision of a strategic evidence base detailing Scotland’s coastal erosion. The Dynamic Coast webmaps show artificial coastal defences, flood levels and high emissions scenarios, current levels of erosion in comparison with historic data, and future erosion predictions.