Peak District Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)
Peak District Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)
This Level 1 Peak District Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (March 2026) replaces the ‘Peak Sub Region Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment’ which was published in September 2008. The Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) was prepared for the Peak District National Park Authority by PJA Civil Engineering Ltd.
The GIS map for the SFRA can be accessed here.
The SFRA has been used to inform the review of the Peak District Local Plan, and can be used by the following bodies and individuals: -
- developers and consultants to:
- identify the requirements of a site-specific flood risk assessment
- inform site-specific flood risk assessments
- inform surface water management approaches, particularly with regard to implementing Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
- provide evidence to support sequential and exception tests for individual applications, where necessary
- identify opportunities for development in reducing the causes and impacts of flooding
- emergency planners, the emergency services and local resilience forums to:
- understand the risk of flooding to existing and proposed communities, so they can plan for emergencies
- advise on the impact of future development on emergency planning, including any extra resources that may be needed
- advise on measures to be included in future development to avoid or minimise further impacts on emergency planning
- risk management authorities (RMAs) to:
- inform their assessment and management of sources of flood risk they are responsible for
- identify opportunities where development may help to reduce the causes and impacts of sources of flood risk they are responsible for
- PDNP’s constituent authorities within the area to inform their work, including:
- Highways, Transport, Public health, Local design guides or codes, Economic growth, Infrastructure planning, Green infrastructure strategies, Local nature recovery strategies, GIS and data management, Parks & recreation
- by other local planning authorities and constituent authorities to inform their SFRAs, particularly in relation to cross-border risks and opportunities.