Cumbria County Council is asking is asking for feedback on proposals to improve the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.
The Strategy will set out how local flood risks will be managed in Cumbria, who will deliver them and how they will be funded, and the county council now need to finalise the Local Flood Risk Management (2022) Strategy and Action Plan, with input from the community.
This feedback will then feed into the Strategy revision and help finalise the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy going forward.
A consultation will be open from Monday 5 September and concludes on Friday 30 September 2022.
To provide feedback you can:
- Respond online
- Attend one of our public consultation drop-in sessions.
The public consultation drop-in events have been arranged to provide an opportunity to feedback on the documentation. This feedback will then feed into the Strategy revision and help finalise the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy going forward – the following has been arranged:
- Barrow – Thursday 8 September, Barrow Library: 10.00am – 4.00pm
- Carlisle – Friday 9 September – Carlisle Library: 10.00am – 4.00pm
- Eden – Monday 12 September – Penrith Library: 10.00am – 4.00pm
- South Lakeland – Tuesday 13 September: Kendal 10.00am – 12pm and Ulverston Library: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
- Allerdale – Monday 19 September – Cockermouth: 10.00am – 12pm and Keswick Library: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
- Copeland – Thursday 22 September – Whitehaven Library: 10.00am – 4.00pm
Cllr Keith Little, Cumbria County Council Cabinet member for Highways and Transport, said:
“As Cumbria’s Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA), the county council is responsible for managing local flooding, and is responsible for monitoring the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy, which outlines how local flood risks will be managed, who will manage flood risk, and how funding will be provided.
“By involving the public, we hope that the local communities can help to provide feedback on the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy documents. In this way, everything will be included, and the documents will be the best they can be.
“There are several drop-in sessions throughout the county, which we hope that residents will want to engage with and if people cannot attend, they can go online to complete the survey.
“I would like to thank the residents, in advance, for their help and feedback with this survey”
For more information and to complete the online consultation, please go here: Draft Local Flood Risk Management Strategy – consultation | Cumbria County Council.
