Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of City Development presenting the Leeds Local Flood Risk Management Strategy and seeking approval to recommend to Council that the Leeds Local Flood Risk Management Strategy be formally adopted.

The Director of City Development submitted a report presenting the Leeds Local Flood Risk Management Strategy and which sought approval to recommend to Council that the Leeds Local Flood Risk Management Strategy be formally adopted.

Members welcomed the comprehensive report and paid tribute to the work which continued to be undertaken by the Flood Risk Management team.

Consideration was given to the issue of building upon flood plains, with emphasis being placed upon the need to ensure that such development was prohibited wherever possible. It was noted that a report on such matters was scheduled to be submitted to a future meeting of the Board.

Emphasis was placed upon the need for the Environment Agency to maintain strong local links with the city, despite the closure of its Leeds based office.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That full Council be recommended to formally adopt the Leeds Local

Flood Risk Management Strategy.

(b)  That it be noted that the Head of Engineering Services will be responsible for implementing the strategy once formally adopted.

(The matters referred to within this minute were designated as being not eligible for Call In, as Executive and Decision Making Procedure Rule 5.1.2 states that the power to Call In decisions does not extend to those decisions made in accordance with the Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules. As the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy forms part of the Budgetary and Policy Framework, it is therefore designated as exempt from call in)