SFRA Level 1 - Please note this document was completed prior to  changes to PPG and a review of this work was completed in 2024.

This document includes a number of appendices as listed below

• FR01b Appendix A Planning Framework and Flood Risk Policy
• FR01c Appendix B Index map 1
• FR01d Appendix B Index Map 2
• FR01e Appendix B Index Map 3
• FR01f Appendix B Index Map 4
• FR01g Appendix B Index Map 5

Please contact team for specific map tiles for Appendix B

• FR01h Appendix C (Excel File) Development Considerations
• FR01i Appendix D Functional Floodplain Delineation
• FR01j Appendix E Local Plan sites assessment
• FR01k Appendix F - available on request due to number of files
• FR01L Appendix G SFRA User Guide

Published: February 2021

This Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) is an update to the previous SFRA, completed in 2021, using the latest flood risk information available at the time of writing, together with the most current flood risk and planning policy available from the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (2024) and Flood Risk and Coastal Change Planning Practice Guidance (FRCC-PPG) (2022). The latest SFRA guidance has also been considered, including ‘How to prepare a strategic flood risk assessment’ guidance, March 2024, and the ‘Strategic flood risk assessments a Good Practice Guide’ guidance, December 2021.

This document includes a number of appendices as listed below

• FR02b Appendix A Policy Summary
• FR02c Appendix C Site Assessment (Excel File)
• FR02d Appendix D Functional Floodplain
• FR02e Appendix E Sites Assessment Summary
• FR02f Appendix F Climate Change Modelling Note
• FR02g Appendix G Cumulative Impact Assessment

Published: January 2025

The Level 1 SFRA entailed the flood risk screening of 403 potential development site allocations across the Chorley, Preston and South Ribble authority areas. 77 of these sites were shown to be at medium or high flood risk yet considered important to the Central Lancashire Local Plan. A Level 2 SFRA is therefore required to help determine whether these sites can be allocated within the Local Plan.

This document includes a number of appendices as listed below:-

• FR03b Appendix A1 Sites at Chorley
• FR03c Appendix A2 Sites at Preston
• FR03d Appendix A3 Site at South Ribble
• FR03e Appendix B Site Assessment Summary

Published: February 2025