Flood Risk Management: Resilience and Adaptation 2019

Drawing on insights from major programmes and his role on the advisory group for the National FCERM Strategy, Steven will explore the likely ‘shifts’ in our future practices and ambitions, and the role of creativity in delivering long-term value.

Steven Trewhella

Director, Rivelin Bridge & Chair, ACE / EIC Water Group

• The importance of translating the FCERM strategic objectives into measures that are implementable
• How these measures will impact different legislative and regulatory frameworks and how they will be translated into an action plan
• Cost estimation and funding to implement these actions
• Cooperation with other stakeholders such as Water Companies

Patricia Cuervo

Senior Flood and Water Management Officer, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

• Outlining Business in the Community and our resilience work with small businesses, including information about our Would You Be Ready? campaign
• Detailing BITC's position on the Defra Property Flood Resilience Roundtable and the importance of the Property Flood Resilience Code of Practice, which is launching in December 
• Providing an insight into our current work on the Extreme Weather Taskforce:
  • supporting the physical resilience of small businesses by encouraging the Code of Practice to be embedded by those at high flood risk
  • how this project will support lead local flood authorities & local authorities

Hannah Tankard

Campaign Manager, Business in the Community

• Evaluating the different tools available; their strengths and limitations. 
• Exploring how different users are starting to exploit UKCP18 results when developing local flood risk and water resource plans 
• Harnessing technology to better monitor and predict flooding with actionable advance warning
• To what extent do climate change predictions need to be given more emphasis in planning for surface water flooding mitigation? 
• Practically using climate projection tools for local flood risk planning

Jonathan Glerum

Regional Flood Risk Manager, Anglian Water

The morning presentations will be followed by an audience and panel discussion around the current regulatory, policy and funding frameworks for flood risk management in the UK. Delegates are encouraged to ask questions and share their own views on how the industry can move forward - what are the barriers and opportunities and how can the policy aims be achieved effectively?

• Assessing the impact of new NPPF requirements relating to flooding for new housing design and planning:
  • applying the exception test
  • assessing “cumulative impacts of flood risk”
  • balancing flood risk with a pragmatic and commercial approach 
• Examining how planning guidance is encouraging a holistic approach to flood risk, considering water quality, biodiversity and community benefits  

Richard Coutts

Principal, Baca Architects

• Providing an overview of the differences between England & Wales in relation to delivering Schedule 3 
• Examining the impact the new regulations have had on existing and subsequent planning applications, both for developers and SABs:
  • highlighting the benefits of including SuDS in development planning
  • to what extent has this changed roles or increased workloads for LLFAs and water companies?
• Detailing what is being done to encourage the implementation of multi-beneficial SuDS
• Assessing how best practice in SuDS might now evolve across England and Wales

Jean-Francois Dulong

Flood & Water Officer, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

The presentations will be followed by an audience and panel discussion on surface water management and how different LLFAs are practically interpreting current guidance. Delegates are encouraged to share their own approaches to surface water management and their views and experiences on SuDS implementation and how adoption and maintenance of schemes can be facilitated.  

• Examining why natural solutions are now a mainstream tool in flood risk management
• Case studies will be taken from Yorkshire, in particular a study to reduce flood risk across the 700km2 River Aire catchment upstream of Leeds
• Exploring the multitude of issues that need to be navigated to successfully develop a NFM scheme such as:
• the evidence available
• design of measures
• funding
• working with stakeholders and partners
• Giving thoughts on the project aims, scale and setting and current policy 

Emma Wren

Principal Hydrologist, Mott MacDonald

• The Humber – its scale and importance 
• The Strategy – our journey
• Working together in partnership
• Humber ambitions – importance of place based priorities
• Managing risk in a changing environment – focus on resilience and adaptation

Dr David Hickman

Head of Environment, Lincolnshire County Council