What are Flood Risk Management Strategies?

Overview

First produced in 2015, SEPA’s Flood Risk Management Strategies coordinate and concentrate efforts by multiple organisations to tackle flooding in Scotland. 

A Flood Risk Management Strategy is produced for each of Scotland’s fourteen Local Plan Districts. Areas within Local Plan Districts where significant flood risk exists are called Potentially Vulnerable Areas (PVAs). These areas are used to prioritise where flood risk management could benefit the most.

Each Flood Risk Management Strategy has been developed in collaboration with other public agencies to present short to long term flood risk management objectives. Actions needed to meet these objectives are identified for PVAs within the Local Plan Districts. The development of corresponding Local Flood Risk Management Plans for the Local Plan Districts is informed by these objectives and actions in the strategies. Together, these documents agree the long term priorities and shorter term actions to reduce the impact of flooding in Scotland.