Flood Risk Assessments
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Flood Risk Reports designed to support planning applications.
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What are Flood Risk Assessments?
For property professionals, it can be essential to provide a flood risk assessment with a planning application. FRAs assess the risk and impact of flooding on a development site, helping to analyse the potential issues with building on sites, such as local areas having an increased chance of flooding.
For a development to take place, the flood risk assessment should prove that the site will remain safe in the future, taking the added effects of climate change into account when measuring the safety. When risks are found, the report should provide possible solutions to the risk of flooding on the development, helping you to plan and safely bypass these risks.
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Choose the right report for you
Looking for the right Flood Risk Report package for you? At GeoSmart, we have three assessment options, all giving clear flood management options and fast delivery times to help you prepare to manage risks that may occur on developments. Find out more about our different report options below.
FloodsmartIdeal for sites in Flood Zone 1
From £1,050 + VAT
- Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) Report
- Flood zone 1
- Floodsmart Plus
Ideal for sites in Flood Zones 2 & 3
From £1,195 + VAT
- Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) Report
- Flood zones 2 and 3
- Floodsmart Pro
Ideal for sites in Flood Zones 2 & 3, with the addition of a site visit
From £1,895 + VAT
- Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) Report
- Flood zones 2 and 3
- Site visit
Flood Risk Portfolio
Ideal for asset managers, insurers, housing associations, and lenders.
POA
- Flood risk assessment (FRA) for each Site provided
- Expert opinion from flood risk consultants
- Site Visits
Frequently Asked Questions
Navigating environmental reports can be complex. We’ve answered the most common queries about our data, timescales, and planning suitability below.
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A Flood Risk Assessment is required for any planning application where the site of the proposed development is located within Flood Zones 2 or 3 as defined by the Environment Agency. Such sites are considered to be at risk of flooding and the Environment Agency and local planning authorities have the power to challenge planning applications that have not taken into account all of the flood risks involved.
A Flood Risk Assessment is also mandatory for sites of 1 hectare or greater in Flood Zone 1, as well as for sites in a critical drainage area, sites at risk of surface water flooding, and where the long-term flood risk map shows the site is at increased risk of flooding from rivers or sea during its lifetime.
If your Site is in England, your site will be located in a Flood Zone as defined by the Environment Agency for planning purposes. To find out what Flood Zone your site is located in, input your postcode into the Environment Agency Flood Map for Planning available online.
If your Site is in Wales, your site will be located in a Flood Zone as defined by Natural Resources Wales for planning purposes. To find out what Flood Zone your site is located in, input your postcode into NRW’s Flood Map for Planning available online.
If your Site is in Scotland, your site will be located in a Flood Zone as defined by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency for planning purposes. To find out what Flood Zone your site is located in, input your postcode into SEPA’s Long Term Flood Risk Map available online.
- House builders and developers
- Property professionals such as architects, planning consultants and land agents
- Lawyers and solicitors
- Lenders, banks or mortgage providers
- Businesses
- Private individuals
- Insurance companies
- Asset managers
- Validating planning applications
- Meeting planning conditions
- For land and property purchase
- For the sale or divestment of a site
- Due diligence
- Lending, mortgages, pension funds
- Business risk assessment
- Asset manager portfolio
A FloodSmart Report for Sites located in Flood Zone 1 can be delivered within 5-10 working days.
Delivery of reports requiring EA, NRW or SEPA consultation and data (FloodSmart Plus and FloodSmart Pro) is dependent on their response times to supply such data, which can typically take up to 20 working days. Typically your flood risk report will be dispatched within 10 working days from receipt of the required data.
A premium delivery is available if your report is urgent – do get in touch and let us know.
Your report will be sent in electronic format as a .pdf file straight to your inbox, with hard copies available at an additional cost.
Different levels of flood risk assessment reports are required for different purposes. We’ve therefore developed a range of products which are suited to meet the various needs of our clients. If you’re not sure which level of report you need please contact us.
Yes we can! These work using the same tier system as our FRAs for sites in England.
Additional services
- Sequential & Exceptions Test
- Basement Impact Assessment
- Portfolio Screening
- Flood Evacuation Plan
- Groundwater FRA
- Flood Consequence Assessment (Wales)
- BREAAM Flood Risk Assessment
- Compensatory Floodplain Storage Analysis
- Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Assessment
- S19 reports
We also provide reports for:
Contaminated Land
Reports assess whether a site has potential land quality issues, state who and what is at risk, and outline the solutions available.
Sustainable Drainage
Reports help to assess which drainage options are available for a Site in order to comply with national regulations.
What our customers have to say
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I was concerned to find out that my house was at a ‘moderate risk’ of groundwater flooding. I was unable to get any further information from anyone until I contacted GeoSmart. The staff I spoke to were friendly, helpful, efficient and extremely knowledgeable. The information provided was very site…
I now purchase GeoSmart’s Groundwater Flood Risk maps regularly – always a very speedy response to the both the initial request and, more importantly, delivery of the data! Excellent customer service too. The data is clear and extremely useful for flood risk assessments.
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