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East Ayrshire Council

…. Our future approach will promote flood avoidance in the first instance. Flood storage and conveying capacity will be protected and development will be directed away from functional flood plains and undeveloped areas of medium to high flood risk. Through our planning policy, the Council will also actively support the development of environmentally friendly flood prevention measures including…

… weather events in recent years and flooding is a particular risk for many of our communities. We recognise the devastating impact that flooding can have on individuals and businesses and working with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA, Scottish Water and other key stakeholders, the Council has produced a Local Flood Risk Management Plan. This is supported by a 6 year cyclic action…

… plan (2016-22) which outlines the wide range of actions that will be implemented to reduce and mitigate against identified flooding risks. 60. Work is currently underway to produce the next 6 yearly cyclical Local Flood Risk Management Plan 2022-28 and this is reflected in the flood risk management policy within the new local development plan which is also currently being developed…

… of climate change is already evident in the increasing number of adverse weather events across the world, at a local level, a key objective of the Strategy is to ensure that our communities, green networks and infrastructure are adaptable to a changing climate and reduce the risks and vulnerability to unavoidable events. Flood Prevention 59. East Ayrshire has experienced a number of adverse…

…:  Wetland, peatland or green infrastructure creation;  Flood protection schemes, restoring natural features, enhancing flood storage capacity and avoiding the construction of new culverts; and  Natural Flood Management (NFM) techniques including crop rotation, winter planting and the use of planting, afforestation and reforestation to reduce the risk of flooding. Green Infrastructure 61…