Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

A Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) assesses the risk of flooding from all sources, the cumulative impact that development or changing land use would have on the risk of flooding, and the effect of climate change on risk. An SFRA will help various parties consider flood risk when making planning decisions and will also form part of the evidence base for local plans.

Greater Manchester Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
In 2018 The Greater Manchester Combined Authority, on behalf of the ten Greater Manchester councils, commissioned JBA Consulting to undertake a GM-wide Level 1 SFRA to support the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (which later became Places for Everyone). A further Level 2 SFRA was commissioned in 2019 to assess the high-risk sites identified through the Level 1 SFRA.

The relevant parts of the Level 1 SFRA for Tameside can be viewed below. Electronic copies of the documents that are not available to view online can be requested by sending us a message using the link at the bottom of this page.

• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Report
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Appendix A Tameside Interactive Maps (available upon request)
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Appendix B Sites Assessment Part 1 – Tameside (available upon request)
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Appendix C Sites Assessment Summary Reports  – Tameside
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Appendix D Functional  Floodplain Update – Tameside
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Appendix E Climate Change Models (available upon request)
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Appendix F SuDS Techniques and Suitability

Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Management Framework
The strategic flood risk management framework provides a spatial framework for flood risk management across Greater Manchester. It is a high-level strategy focused on the management of flood risk issues that are of importance to the Manchester City Region.

• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Management Framework

The local flood risk management strategy for Tameside can be found here.

Greater Manchester Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
The Level 2 SFRA builds on the findings of the Level 1 SFRA. It assesses the high-risk sites identified through the Level 1 SFRA.
The relevant parts of the Level 2 SFRA for Tameside can be viewed below.

• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Report
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Appendix A Site Screening Assessments – Salford to Wigan
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Appendix A1 – Level 2 Sites Summary Table
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Appendix A2 – GMSF Allocation References
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Appendix B – GMSF Allocations Flood Risk Summaries
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Appendix C – JFlow Broadscale Modelling Reports
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Appendix D – Opportunity Areas for Flood Management
• Greater Manchester Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 Appendix E – Critical Drainage Area Refinement

Previous Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2011
Tameside Council commissioned Scott Wilson jointly with Stockport Council to undertake a level 1 update combined with a level 2 study for the borough in 2010/11.

The study can be downloaded below.

• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - March 2011
• Appendix 1 - Identified Development Area Maps  
• Appendix 1 - Overview Maps  
• Appendix 2 - Summary of Planning Data  
• Appendix 3 - Ashton to Stalybridge River Flood Defence Inspection  
• Appendix 3 - Hyde and Shepley River Flood Defence Inspection  
• Appendix 3 - Mossley River Flood Defence Inspection