{"id":23,"date":"2014-03-06T14:47:04","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T14:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/floodriskmanagement\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-06-24T13:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T12:05:50","slug":"current-legislation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/floodriskmanagement\/current-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Current legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of pieces of legislation relating to flooding as shown in the table below. The EU Floods Directive 2007 was interpreted into the England and Wales legislation Flood Risk Regulations 2009 (Regulations) and the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Act).<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-scroll\"><table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\" width=\"95\">European legislation<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" width=\"180\">Acts of parliament<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" width=\"180\">National policy<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" width=\"226\">Current flood risk policy<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;height: 41px\" width=\"95\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/water\/water-framework\/index_en.html\" rel=\"noopener\">EU Water Framework Directive 2000<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 208px;height: 41px;text-align: center\" width=\"180\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 183px;height: 41px\" width=\"180\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2017\/407\/contents\/made\" rel=\"noopener\">The Water Environment Regulations 2017<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 270px;height: 41px\" width=\"226\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/south-west-river-basin-district-river-basin-management-plan\" rel=\"noopener\">River Basin Management Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;height: 158px\" width=\"95\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/water\/flood_risk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">EU Floods Directive 2007<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 208px;height: 158px;text-align: center\" width=\"180\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 183px;height: 158px\" width=\"180\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2009\/3042\/contents\/made\" rel=\"noopener\">Flood Risk Regulations 2009<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 270px;height: 158px\" width=\"226\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/floodriskmanagement\/flood-investigations-reports-and-studies\/\">Preliminary Flood Risk Assessments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/south-west-river-basin-district-flood-risk-management-plan\" rel=\"noopener\">Flood Risk Management Plans<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;height: 471px;text-align: center\" width=\"95\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 208px;height: 471px\" width=\"180\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/Geo5and1Edw8\/26\/49\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Health Act 1936<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1975\/23\" rel=\"noopener\">Reservoirs Act 1975<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1991\/57\/contents\" rel=\"noopener\">Water Resources Act 1991<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1991\/56\/contents\" rel=\"noopener\">Water Industry Act 1991<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1991\/59\/contents\" rel=\"noopener\">Land Drainage Act 1991<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2010\/29\/contents\" rel=\"noopener\">Flood and Water Management Act 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/environment-bill-2020\" rel=\"noopener\">Environment Bill 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/services.parliament.uk\/bills\/2019-21\/agriculture.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Agriculture Bill 2019-2021<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 183px;height: 471px\" width=\"180\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/national-planning-policy-framework--2\" rel=\"noopener\">National Planning Policy Framework 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/25-year-environment-plan\" rel=\"noopener\">25 Year Environment Plan 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.water.org.uk\/news-views-publications\/publications\/framework-production-drainage-and-wastewater-management-plans\" rel=\"noopener\">Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan Framework<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 270px;height: 471px\" width=\"226\">\n<p>Local planning policy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/national-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-strategy-for-england--2\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy*<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/floodriskmanagement\/local-flood-risk-management-strategy\/\"><strong>Local Flood Risk Management Strategies*<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*<\/strong>Requirement under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010<\/p>\n<p>Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;height: 87px;text-align: center\" width=\"95\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 208px;height: 87px;text-align: center\" width=\"180\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 183px;height: 87px;text-align: center\" width=\"180\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 270px;height: 87px\" width=\"226\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/shoreline-management-plans-smps\" rel=\"noopener\">Shoreline Management Plans<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;height: 135px;text-align: center\" width=\"95\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 208px;height: 135px\" width=\"180\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2004\/36\/contents\" rel=\"noopener\">Civil Contingencies Act 2004<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 183px;height: 135px;text-align: center\" width=\"180\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 270px;height: 135px\" width=\"226\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/flooding-developing-a-multi-agency-flood-plan\/developing-a-multi-agency-flood-plan\" rel=\"noopener\">Multi Agency Flood Framework<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Community Level Plans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>The Regulations identify and take action in areas with the most significant flood risks and require the following to be produced:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A preliminary Flood Risk Assessment Report providing a high level overview of flood risk from local flood risk sources and identifying the Flood Risk Areas (no Flood Risk Areas were identified in Devon County Council&#8217;s administrative area)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Flood hazard maps and flood risk maps for Flood Risk Areas<\/li>\n<li>Flood risk management plans for Flood Risk Areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The purpose of the Act is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduce the concept of flood risk management and the framework for the delivery of flood and coastal erosion risk management through national and local strategies<\/li>\n<li>Provide new definitions, for example \u201cflood\u201d, \u201csurface runoff\u201d, \u201cRisk Management Authorities\u201d, Lead Local Flood Authority\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Establish the roles and responsibilities of the different risk management authorities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can find out more about the different pieces of legislation on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Legislation website<\/a>\u00a0or refer to chapter 2\u00a0in Devon&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/floodriskmanagement\/local-flood-risk-management-strategy\/\">Local Flood Risk Management Strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of pieces of legislation relating to flooding as shown in the table below. 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