Sea Flood Risk Assessment

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John H Hutchinson

Dear Wirral Borough Council,

as part of its Local Development Plan (LDP) process, has WMBC
commissioned a Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment for those
parts of Wirral's coastline susceptible to flood risk including those areas currently under consideration for housing and business development?

If so, please may you direct me to the documents?

Yours faithfully,

John H Hutchinson

InfoMgr, FinDMT, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

Good Afternoon,
Thank you for your request for information shown below. I have detailed
Council's response below and trust you find it of use.
The information you seek is already available in the public domain and
is therefore exempt from Freedom of Information legislation as it is
already available via an alternative means.

The exemption the Council has relied on is Section 21, which exempts
information from the right of access under the Freedom of Information
Act if that information is reasonably accessible to the applicant by
other means. There are two policy aims behind this exemption.

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However acting within the spirit of the legislation to offer advice and
guidance, if you follow the link below, you will be able to view the
information you have asked for.

The Council has undertaken a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment as part of
the Local Development Framework and can be accessed via the following
link
http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/ecSDDispl...
94913&sch=doc&cat=13007&path=12848,13003,13007

Kind Regards
Jane Corrin
Information Manager

http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100004/200...
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