Wet, Wet, Wet Building Local Resilience in a Changing Flood Risk Context Wednesday 24 September 2014

Conference Chair Cllr Neil Clarke, Rushcliffe Borough Council Chair Climate East Midlands

Alex Beresford from ITV Weather and Channel 4’s Britain’s Most Extreme Weather

Building Local Resilience Lee Rawlinson Environment Agency 24 th September 2014

Building community resilience- the drivers “Community resilience has an important role to play, both before, during and after the event and can complement the response of the emergency services” Quote from Pitt review of 2007 floods Bottesford- Rectory Lane- April 2012

Building community resilience- provide knowledge/ increase awareness

Building community resilience- provide support

Building community resilience- Adopt a partnership approach Lisle Street- Loughborough Summer Burleigh Brook Derby Rd/ Alan Moss Rd junction- Loughborough Summer combination of sources

For more information on setting up flood warden schemes or developing community plans to incorporate flooding: Environment Agency contact- Richard Butcher- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Prepared contact- Ian Smith To access flood identity: (please provide your name, organisation, telephone and Useful websites: U Gov: Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Prepared: Flood forum: Building community resilience- Next steps

Refreshment Break Workshops (Delegates to attend one workshop) Workshop 1 – Building Community Resilience to Flooding (Ferneley Room) Workshop 2 – Lessons from Boston’s storm surge in December 2013 (Suite 2)

Presentation for East Midlands Councils - 24 th September 2014

The Problem Existing high flood risk: SoP 1 in 25 to 1 in 50. Properties at risk: 2,250 properties in a 1 in 100 annual chance event. Deteriorating assets: many flood defence assets reaching end of design life. Financial burden: increasing insurance premiums and potential clean up costs. No city investment: high flood risk means limited opportunity for riverside re-development

Our City Our River Masterplan Defines re-alignment of new defences Deliverability; Environmental impact; Urban design; Reconnecting Our City with Our River. Defences as part of new development Encourages regeneration of City; Reduces visual impact of 2m+ high defences; Attracts private sector investment; But… PlanningSequential test & appropriate use. SequencingImpact on other areas & short term flood risk. Economic climateWill development come forward? 20yr implementation period? ManagementOwnership, inspection & maintenance access.

Our vision ‘Our City Our River is fundamentally about re- establishing a positive relationship between Derby and its river and ensuring the city remains a vibrant and attractive place for people to live, work and visit.’

Why is Derby different?  Proportion and quantity of partnership funding  Economic growth at heart of scheme  Making space for water  Defences delivered as part of new development  Long delivery and funding programme  Growth funding drivers  Regeneration in the floodplain

Benefits  1,450 residential and 800 commercial properties protected  26,000 existing jobs protected  6,300 new jobs created  320 new residential properties  Delivery of WFD supporting objective  80 Hectares of developable land created

Key issues  Funding  Third party dependencies St Mary’s Bridge – proposed flood defence

Funding  Complicated  FDGiA – Partnership Funding Calculator  Provision of the Central Government Growth Fund  Significant Shortfall to complete whole of the scheme o Funding Strategy: £50m + o Phasing of scheme to ensure early investment is cost-beneficial o Opportunities for other funding streams o Contributions from beneficiaries Funding opportunities Government & European Funding Single Local Growth Fund European Structural & Investment Fund Growing Places Fund Regional Growth Fund Beneficiary contributions Supplementary business rates levy Planning contributions Direct contributions Council role in development Council led funding New Homes Bonus Developer contributions Business rates retention Prudential Borrowing

Third party dependencies  Risk of developers not coming forward to defined programme o Development viability shortfalls included in scheme costs o Developer FRM planning guidance o Options for Council to acquire sites o EA statutory powers working with Derby o Positive discussions and progress on a number of development sites Bath Street Mills

Outcomes  Reduction in flood risk  Sustainable and appropriate regeneration of city’s riverside  Promotion of local economic growth  Job protection and creation  Enhanced riverside amenity  Delivery of stakeholder aspirations  Contributions to WFD supporting objectives  Improved community engagement & awareness

Building Resilience: an SME perspective Mark Issitt, Plantool Limited

Business continuity planning and severe weather Janet Poole, Boots UK

Panel discussion Economic consequences and opportunities arising from flooding

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