Issue - decisions

RESOLVED:       That Cabinet agrees to:

i)             Approve the Surface Water Management Plan as attached at Annexe A of the report.

ii)            Approve a review of the Council’s highway drainage maintenance service based on the principles of flood risk management, and to ensure that it is suitably funded. This will be the subject of a further report in due course.

iii)          Ensure that the current resources in the Flood Risk Management team are maintained, subject to the budget process, to enable effective involvement in the development control and highway design procedures.

REASON:   i)   To ensure that the Council has an action plan for managing surface water flood risk, and to influence the development of future strategies for maintenance, investment, planning and engagement.

             ii)   To ensure that surface water drainage infrastructure operates effectively to reduce surface water flood risk in vulnerable areas.

iii) To ensure that development does not increase flood risk.