Flood Risk Standing Advice for England - PPS25 National Version 2.0

Flood risk is an issue that you need to consider if you are planning a new development, whether a home extension or something bigger, or even a change of use.

The Local Planning Authority will make a decision on whether a development is suitable. The Environment Agency helps in this process by providing advice, either on a case by case basis or for lower risk development via a series of standard comments known as 'standing advice'.

This flood risk standing advice is valid from 16 February 2009.

Please visit the Environment Agency website if you wish to view further information.

Flood Maps

To make sense of the advice you need to know what Flood Zone the proposed development is in. Applicant and agents please use the postcode search box on the right hand side of our 'Flood Map and how to use it' pages. The dark blue area on Flood Map is equivalent to Flood Zone 3 and the light blue area is equivalent to Flood Zone 2 (England only).