Flood Impacts November 2019 - March 2020 - Find a freedom of information request

This is a request for information on floods and flood impacts that occurred between November 2019 and March 2020. Please respond with any data you have, with an appropriate licence if necessary, by 26 February 2021 to this email address. The types of information we would like to collect from your organisation are:

1. Information on the locations and dates of flooding

2. Information on the source(s) of flooding (e.g. river, coastal, surface water, groundwater, reservoir)

3.Information by location and date about what was impacted during the flooding:

a. Number of flood-related incidents attended

b. Cost of attending incidents

c. Number of assets damaged by flooding (e.g. buildings, equipment) and associated damage/repair/replacement costs

1. In accordance with the County Council's duties as Lead Local Flood Authority, records of flood investigations undertaken since April 2012 are published on its website here.

Definitions of what the County Council considers to be a flood in accordance with S.19, Flood & Water Management Act 2010 are included on the web page. It is recognised that the way the flooding records are presented can be challenging to readers and we are working to make it more accessible. It is expected that a new, interactive way of presenting the information will be available by the end of February 2021, subject to meeting LCC's digital standards.

2. No specific data is available with regard to sources of flooding other than what is included in the published S.19 records referred to above.

3.Where available, this information is included in the S.19 records referred to above.

a. This information is not held by the Flood Risk Management Team, other than the published S.19 records referred to above

b. This information is not held by the Flood Risk Management Team.

c. Information on the number of assets and property damaged by flooding is included in the S.19 records referred to above. The associated damage/repair/replacement costs are not held by Flood Risk Management.