Local flood risk management strategy
As the lead local flood authority, we have a duty to develop a local flood risk management strategy for Luton. We have collaborated with other flood risk authorities including the Environment Agency and Thames Water to develop the local flood risk management strategy.
The overarching aim of the strategy is to:
- enable the long term management of flooding arising from rivers, surface water and groundwater in the borough
- communicate the risks and consequences of flooding to our residents
View our flood risk management strategy
Under the flood risk regulations, all lead local flood authorities are required to prepare a preliminary flood risk assessment report.
This is a high level screening exercise to identify areas of significant risk as indicative flood risk areas across England where 30,000 people or more are at risk from flooding for reporting to Europe.
Accordingly, Luton is not classified as an indicative flood risk areas.
Strategic flood risk assessment
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires local planning authorities to produce local development frameworks. This is a portfolio of documents that collectively deliver the spatial planning strategy for a council administered area. They form part of the evidence base that should be used in the review of local development frameworks or in their production.
The results of the level 1 strategic flood risk assessment should enable us to clearly identify where development is appropriate according to chapter 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework.