The North Somerset Local Flood Risk Management Strategy sets out our plan to make communities across the area more resilient to surface water flooding, sometimes known as flash flooding, and groundwater flooding.
Parts of the strategy also cover broader flood risks, such as flooding from the sea and large rivers.
The objectives of the strategy are:
- A flood resilient North Somerset
- Today’s growth and infrastructure in North Somerset being resilient in tomorrow’s climate
- North Somerset ready to respond and adapt to flooding.
Strategy documents
There’s a summary document and the strategy itself is split into seven parts (A to G). The links to all eight documents can be found in the blue box at the end of this page.
- Part A - Local Flood Risk Management Strategy for North Somerset (full strategy).
- Part B - A guide to North Somerset Flood Risk Management Authorities.
Many organisations, including landowners, have different rights and responsibilities when managing flood risk. This part is an explanation of who does what in North Somerset.
- The Environment Agency is responsible for managing the flood risk from the sea and main rivers.
- North Somerset Levels Internal Drain age Board (IDB) is responsible for managing the flood risk from watercourses in its district
- North Somerset Council is responsible for managing the risk of flooding from surface water, groundwater, adopted highways and watercourses outside of the Internal Drainage Board (IDB) area
- Wessex Water is responsible for manging the risk of flooding from public sewers
- National Highways is responsible for providing and managing drainage for the M5 motorway
Managing risk does not always mean that the authority has a duty to fix the problem. However, landowners are responsible for managing flood risk on their land and in any watercourses and rivers that they own.