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The Next Decade

Philip Rees South West Regional Flood and Coastal Committee

Cornwall Community Flood Forum - Friday 2nd November 2018

What is the SWRFCC

• Covers Cornwall, Devon and IoS.
• Council representation
• Environmental, coastal, inland, land use and business expertise
• Supported by Environment Agency and all Risk Management

Authorities

• Links all relevant authorities together to understand the issues
• Planning to reduce all types of flooding and coastal erosion
• Investment to the benefit of local communities

Current key issues

• Delivering our share of 300,000 homes better protected
• Raising partnership funding
• Ensuring best use of information and evidence
• Tracking and scale of extreme events – storms and rainfall
• Likely short term impact of climate change/sea level rise
• State of existing defences particularly on the coast
• Supporting community self-help
• Developing new concepts such as Natural Flood Management

What are we faced with:

What are we faced by:

What are we faced with:

What are we faced with:

What are we faced with:

What are we faced with:

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Next 2 ½ years

• Programme delivery up to Spring 2021
• Likely programme in Cornwall c £56m
• Coastal asset inspection programme
• Identifying a pipeline of future schemes
• Local partnership funding to support central funding
• Local levy over next two years c £1m
• Project funding by Cornwall Council and SWW
• Improved resilience and pre-empting flood damage
• EA maintenance programme c £2m p.a.
• Cornwall Council maintenance programme £?
• Support to community flood groups
• Natural Flood Management
• Sustained funding programme being sought

Programme up to 2021

After Spring 2021

• Uncertainties
• FR19
• Partnership funding mechanism
• EA 2050 strategy
• Shoreline Management Plan update
• Next Generation Supply Agreements
• Local levy
• State of existing assets particularly coastal
• Weather

After Spring 2021 The ask - c.£300m

After Spring 2021

• Reasons for optimism
• Flooding remains one of the top National risks
• The South West is good at securing national funding
• Cornwall Council has been increasingly focussed on flood

prevention

• Our knowledge base is constantly improving

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Downsides
• Storminess and rainfall will significantly increase

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Downsides
• Storminess and rainfall will significantly increase
• We will have 20 coastal and inland floods of

significance

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Downsides
• Storminess and rainfall will significantly increase
• We will have 20 coastal and inland floods of significance
• 5 new locations will suffer flooding

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Downsides
• Storminess and rainfall will significantly increase
• We will have 20 coastal and inland floods of significance
• 5 new locations will suffer flooding
• Coastal asset inspections will highlight major issues

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Downsides
• Storminess and rainfall will significantly increase
• We will have 20 coastal and inland floods of significance
• 5 new locations will suffer flooding
• Coastal asset inspections will highlight major issues
• Farming practices and new construction will worsen

surface water flooding

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Upsides
• We will secure at least £50m central funding for

defences

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Upsides
• We will secure at least £50m central funding for defences
• We will secure at least £20m funding locally

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Upsides
• We will secure at least £50m central funding for defences
• We will secure at least £20m funding locally
• Local community flood support groups will become

the norm

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Upsides
• We will secure at least £50m central funding for defences
• We will secure at least £20m funding locally
• Local community flood support groups will become the

norm

• An approach to SUDs will be sorted

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Upsides
• We will secure at least £50m central funding for defences
• We will secure at least £20m funding locally
• Local community flood support groups will become the

norm

• An approach to SUDs will be sorted
• Natural flood management will flourish

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Upsides
• We will secure at least £50m central funding for defences
• We will secure at least £20m funding locally
• Local community flood support groups will become the

norm

• An approach to SUDs will be sorted
• Natural flood management will flourish
• Many farmers will change their land use practices

By 2028

• PERSONAL predictions – Upsides
• We will secure at least £50m central funding for defences
• We will secure at least £20m funding locally
• Local community flood support groups will become the

norm

• An approach to SUDs will be sorted
• Natural flood management will flourish
• Many farmers will change their land use practices
• We will all learn to love beavers

The Next Decade Any questions?