About Flood Risk Management
Our role in managing flood risk
We help manage local flood risk across Stoke-on-Trent. This includes working with partner organisations, developers and landowners to reduce the risk of flooding and reduce its impact.
Our responsibilities
As the Lead Local Flood Authority for the city, we manage the risk of flooding from surface water, ordinary watercourses, and groundwater across Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Our duties are set out in the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Our responsibilities include:
- Developing a strategy for managing local flood risk
- Providing technical advice to Local Planning Authorities on sustainable drainage and flood risk
- Consenting new works that affect the flow of ordinary watercourses
- Ensuring landowners manage and maintain ordinary watercourses on their land or property
- Investigating and reporting on significant flood events relating to property flooding where required
- Maintaining an asset register of structures and features that may have a significant effect on local flood risk
- Working in partnership with other risk management authorities, including the Environment Agency, the Highway Authority, water companies and Local Planning Authorities
To see our strategies and policies please click the link below: