Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) Checklist

(SS-NFR-F-001 - Version 13 - Last updated 15/04/2015

This document should be attached within the front cover of any flood risk assessments issued to Local Planning Authorities (LPA) in support of a development proposal which may be
at risk of flooding. The document will take only a few minutes to complete and will assist SEPA in reviewing FRAs, when consulted by LPAs. This document should not be a
substitute for a FRA.

Development Proposal
Site Name
Grid Reference
Local Authority
Planning Reference number (if known)
Nature of the development
Size of the development site
Identified Flood Risk

Easting:

Northing:
Select from List
Select from List

If residential, state type:

Ha

Source:

Select from List

Source name:

Supporting Information
Have clear maps / plans been provided within the FRA
(including topographic and flood inundation plans)
Has a historic flood search been undertaken?
Is a formal flood prevention scheme present?
Current / historical site use

Select from List

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If known, state the standard of protection offered

Hydrology
Area of catchment
Qmed estimate
Estimate of 200 year design flood flow
Estimation method(s) used *

km2
m3/s
m3/s
Select from List

Method:

Select from List

If other (please specify methodology used):

If Pooled analysis have group details been included

Select from List

Hydraulics
Hydraulic modelling method
If other please specify
Modelled reach length
Any structures within the modelled length?
Brief summary of sensitivity tests, and range:
variation on flow (%)
variation on channel roughness
blockage of structure (range of % blocked)
boundary conditions:
(1) type

Select from List

Software used:
m

Select from List

Specify, if combination
%
%

Upstream
Flow
Specify if other

(2) does it influence water levels at the site?

Has model been calibrated (gauge data / flood records)?
Is the hydraulic model available to SEPA?
Design flood levels

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200 year

m AOD

Reference CIRIA culvert design guide R168, section 8.4

Downstream
Select from List
Specify if other
Select from List

200 year plus climate change

m AOD

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Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) Checklist

(SS-NFR-F-001 - Version 13 - Last updated 15/04/2015

Coastal
Estimate of 200 year design flood level
Estimation method(s) used
Allowance for climate change (m)
Allowance for wave action etc (m)
Overall design flood level

Select from List

m AOD
If other (please specify methodology used):
m
m
m AOD

Development
Is any of the site within the functional floodplain? (refer to
SPP para 255)
Is the site brownfield or greenfield
Freeboard on design water level (m)

Select from List

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m3

Is the development for essential civil infrastructure or

vulnerable groups?
Is safe / dry access and egress available?
If there is no dry access, what return period is dry access
available?
If there is no dry access, what is the impact on the access
routes?
Design levels

If yes, what is the net loss of storage

If yes, has consideration been given to

1000 year design flood? Select from List
Min access/egress level
m AOD

Select from List

Select from List
years
Max Flood Depth
@ 200 year
event:
Ground level

m
m AOD

Max Flood Velocity:

Min FFL:

m/s
mAOD

Mitigation
Can development be designed to avoid all areas at risk of
flooding?
Is mitigation proposed?
If yes, is compenstory storage necessary?
Demonstration of compensatory storage on a "like for like"
basis?
Should water resistant materials and forms of construction
be used?

Select from List

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Comments
Any additional comments:

Approved by:
Organisation:
Date:
Note: Further details and guidance is provided in 'Technical Flood Risk Guidance for Stakeholders' which can be accesssed here:-

CLICK HERE

* ReFH2 is now accepted by SEPA for flow estimates in Scotland. Any use of this method should be compared with other accepted methods.

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Supporting Info (Maps)

Select from List
Yes
No
HydMethod
Select from List
Pooled analysis
Single site analysis
Rainfall-runoff
Other

CoastMethod
Select from List
POL 112
Tide gauge analysis
Existing report
Other

ModelMethod
Select from List
n/a
Manning
1D steady
1D dynamic
2D

FloodRisk
Select from List
Fluvial
Tidal
Combined
Pluvial
Groundwater
Other

Structures
Select from List
Bridges
Culvert
Embankment
Walls
Weir
Combination
Boundary Condition
Select from List
D/s confluence
Lake/Pond
Normal depth
Tidal
Weir
Other
Software
Select from List
HEC-RAS
InfoWorks RS
ISIS
MIKE 11
TuFlow
Other
Field
Select from List
Brownfield
Greenfield

Model
Select from List
New
Existing

RiskLevel
Select from List
little or no
low to medium
medium to high

QMEDMethod
Select from List
Catchment Descriptors
Gauged Record
Other

Development
Select from List
Residential
Commercial
Recreational
Mixed Use
Hospital
School
Infrastructure
Flood Prevention Scheme
SUDS
Utility Infrastructure
Other

Access
Select from List
Vehicular Only
Pedestrian Only
Vehicular and Pedestrian

ModelMethod2
Select from List
n/a
Manning
1D steady
1D dynamic
2D
Linked 1D 2D

LocalAuthority
Select from List
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeenshire Council
Angus Council
Argyll and Bute Council
Clackmannanshire Council
Comhairle nan Eilan Siar (Western Isles Council)
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Dundee City Council
East Ayrshire Council
East Dunbartonshire Council
East Lothian District Council
East Renfrewshire Council
Edinburgh City Council
Falkirk Council
Fife Council
Glasgow City Council
Highland Council
Inverclyde Council
Midlothian Council
Moray Council
North Ayrshire Council
North Lanarkshire Council
Orkney Islands Council
Perth and Kinross Council
Renfrewshire Council
Scottish Borders Council
Shetland Islands Council
South Ayrshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council
Stirling Council
West Dunbartonshire Council
West Lothian Council

Egress
Select from List
Vehicular Only
Pedestrian Only
Vehicular and Pedestrian
Neither

Date
2-Nov-09

27-Nov-09

26-Apr-10

8-Feb-13
21-Oct-13

Summary of changes
Tidied format including protecting all but input boxes
Added area of catchment to hydrology section
removed "Thankyou" at bottom of sheet
Updated hyperlinks (CIRIA document)
added version number and date last updated on sheet
Changed wording on mitigation section to be clearer.
Added area of development site in Ha
Added "neither" option to Access/Egress question
Saved as Version 7
Changed Western Isles to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Added linked 1D and 2D model to method list
changed title heading
Changed colour of documents - SEPA brand (as close as possible to)
altered comment box balloons to enable to see whole thing
Change nett to net
changed sensitive use to requesting info if 1000 event need to be considered.
added 200 year design flood level and cc level box in fluvial
add coastal section
taken rational method out of selection list for fluvial method of estimation
Saved as Version 7.1
Added proceedure number for addition to Q-pulse

Saved as Version 8
Altered reference to SPP7 (paras 16-18) to make ref to SPP (para 203).
Changed the document ref number, i.e. replaced ES with SS to read SS-NFR-F-001

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