Flooding

SEPA is Scotland's flood warning authority. Under the Environment Act 1995, we are required to operate formal flood warning schemes in partnership with local authorities and the police. This includes Floodline; a 24 hour telephone information service covering all of Scotland, through the monitoring of river levels, rainfall, tidal predictions and weather forecasts.

SEPA is also responsible for providing advice to local authorities on flood risk for planning purposes, and advice on flood prevention. This section explains how we work with other organisations to manage flood risk in Scotland, as well as a range of hints and tips on how you can prepare for flooding.

Flood Risk Workshops

SEPA recently held a number of workshop events with consultants and organisations involved in Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) work to support planning applications.

The purpose of these workshops was to provide a forum for SEPA staff and practitioners specialising in Flood Risk Assessment related work to discuss current best practice, requirements for Flood Risk Assessments and SEPA policy relating to planning and flooding risk.

Following the success of these events, a further event is planned for this summer, depending on interest received. This will be effectively a repeat of the earlier events and is aimed at those who were unable to attend or were not invited to the initial workshop events. 

The workshop will include a number of presentations covering topics such as FRA reporting requirements, planning in the context of SPP7 and FRA requirements for engineering activities regulated under the Controlled Activity Regulations (CAR).

If you would like to be kept informed about a possible event, please send your contact details to SWFloodRisk@sepa.org.uk