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Representation ID: 25921

Received: 12/03/2019

Respondent: Environment Agency

Policy CS16 - Green Infrastructure, Sport and Recreation. Paragraph 8.189 refers to Natural Flood Management. The wording of this paragraph could be further enhanced by incorporating reference to reducing flooding by working with natural process, reconnecting watercourses with flood plains to enhance flood storage in times of need and taking opportunities to restore watercourses to a naturalised state. This should be considered and incorporated into developments whenever opportunities arise. Such measures can provide benefits in terms of biodiversity, amenity, health and wellbeing and should be incorporate into the scheme design from the outset.