Comment

Black Country Core Strategy Issue and Option Report

Representation ID: 2996

Received: 11/08/2017

Respondent: Civil Engineering and Flood Risk Management Dudley Council

Representation Summary:


Much of the existing ENV5 is out of date and needs some major changes to reflect more recent Government and LLFA Policy and Strategy changes.
The current ENV5 is very much aimed at river flood risk and we need to ensure more reference is made to Surface water flooding. Surface water flooding is the major risk in the Black Country NOT river flooding

Full text:


Much of the existing ENV5 is out of date and needs some major changes to reflect more recent Government and LLFA Policy and Strategy changes.
The current ENV5 is very much aimed at river flood risk and we need to ensure more reference is made to Surface water flooding. Surface water flooding is the major risk in the Black Country NOT river flooding