You must provide a risk assessment to apply for a bespoke permit flood risk activity. You must demonstrate that your proposal will not:
increase flood risk
impact on drainage
harm the environment
The documents required are;
1. Flood and environmental risk assessment
2. Written management system document
Your risk assessment must show that you have considered all the risks from your activity and have either:
changed the way you carry out your activity so that it doesn’t cause any adverse effects
put plans in place to reduce the risks
The Environment Agency may refuse your application if you have not done this, or if they consider the risks to be unacceptable.
If you are applying for a bespoke permit but most of your activities are covered by a standard rules permit, you only need to assess the risks from the activities that aren’t covered by the relevant generic risk assessment.
Planning application PA24/07675 refers – see link using Cornwall Council Planning Portal.
https://planning.cornwall.gov.uk/online-applications/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=planningregisterlink&utm_campaign=planning
The documents need to clearly address and overcome the risks as stated below;
The extent of the Flood Zone 3 in this location is quite substantial. This indicates that during times of flood, the flows of the River Tinney will break out-of-bank and enter the floodplain on either side. Structures such as riverside-adjacent decking can become submerged within these higher flows. As a result, they can often either inhibit the higher flows, accumulate large or substantial debris, or become damaged and dislodged and act as fluvial obstructions. All these outcomes would result in an increased flood risk to the area.
