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Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)
Assessing and managing the risk of flooding in West Berkshire
Consultants JBA were commissioned to carry out an SFRA to support the Local Plan Review and the Minerals and Waste Local Plan. It assesses the flood risk across the district.
Level 1 SFRA (2019)
The 
SFRA (2019) [3Mb] provides an overview of flood risk across West Berkshire. It contains appendices on:
- Appendix A1 Local Plan Review Site Screening [568kb]
- Appendix A2 - Minerals and Waste Site Screening [515kb]
- Appendix B - Sewer Flooding Records [74kb]
- Appendix C - Flood History [35kb]
- Appendix D - Watercourse Catchments [18Mb]
- Appendix E - Recorded Flood Outline [22Mb]
- Appendix F - Flood Zones [22Mb]
- Appendix G - Flood Defences, Assets and Structures [21Mb]
- Appendix H - Flood Warning Areas [23Mb]
- Appendix I - Flood Zone 3 + Climate Change [24Mb]
- Appendix J - Risk of Flooding from Surface Water [24Mb]
- Appendix K - Groundwater Emergence Mapping (Jacobs) [22Mb]
- Appendix L - Groundwater FLood Mapping (JBA) [24Mb]
- Appendix M - Reservoir Flood Risk [22Mb]
Level 2 SFRA
The Level 2 SFRA looks at the flood risk to specific sites or areas to supplement the information within the Level 1 assessment. A Level 2 is not required to support the Minerals and Waste Local Plan. A Level 2 SFRA will be carried out in due course to support the Local Plan Review. Details of the outcomes of the Level 2 assessment will be published here when they are available.