Flood Risk Management

Flooding remains a key threat to communities across Wales and managing this risk through careful planning is important to minimise the risk to communities. Flood risk management planning allows Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFA's) to develop a better understanding of risk from all sources of flooding and agree priorities to manage that risk.

Our second Local Flood Risk Management Strategy has been approved by Welsh Assembly Government and sets out objectives and measures detailing how the Local Authority intends to manage flood risk in the Merthyr borough over the next 6 years. In addition to the strategy, an Action Plan has been developed that will supersede Merthyr Council’s 2015 Flood Risk Management Plan. The Action Plan will be reviewed annually and details key flood risk management activities that need to be delivered in order to achieve the measures and objectives of the strategy within the 6 year cycle.