Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

This report is a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) for Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It has been prepared in accordance with current best practice, National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and its accompanying Planning Practice Guidance. The SFRA is a planning tool that enables the Council to select and develop sustainable site allocations away from vulnerable flood risk areas.

The Council’s SFRA was updated in 2022 to provide the evidence base for the New Local Plan Review.

View the latest Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2022 (main report)
View the latest Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2022 (maps)

In August 2022 the Government updated the Flood Risk and Coastal Change Planning Practice Guidance, with significant revisions to the parts on the approach to developing a SFRA. Read a technical note setting out the changes.