Notification of councils and State Emergency Service—development on flood liable land
3.10 Notification of councils and State Emergency Service—development on flood liable land
A public authority, or a person acting on behalf of a public authority, must not carry out, on flood liable land, development that this Chapter provides may be carried out without development consent (other than demolition of buildings or structures, or internal works to existing buildings) unless the authority or person has—
given written notice of the intention to carry out the development (together with a scope of works) to the council for the area in which the land is located and the State Emergency Service, and
taken into consideration any responses to the notice that are received from the council and State Emergency Service within 21 days after the notice is given.
In this section—
flood liable land has the same meaning as in the Flood Risk Management Manual.
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