Summary
A Strategic Flood Risk Assessment, or SFRA, is often the best local flood risk document for buyers because it can explain risks that national maps simplify. It is prepared for planning purposes, but it can still help a homebuyer understand local sources of risk, climate change allowances, functional floodplain, drainage constraints, culverts, residual risk and local policy expectations.
Definition
A Strategic Flood Risk Assessment is a local planning evidence document that assesses flood risk from all sources for plan making and planning decisions. SFRAs are usually published by local planning authorities and can often be found by searching the council website for the authority name plus Strategic Flood Risk Assessment. Buyers should check the latest Level 1 SFRA and, where available, Level 2 SFRA, local plan evidence base pages, flood risk policy maps and appendices.