FOI Request - Flood Remediation
Request 101003748211
1. Do you have a dedicated annual budget for flood remediation? If so, please state it in pounds.
2. What was your annual dedicated budget for flood remediation last year? Please state your answer in pounds.
3. In the last ten years, how many floods have you had from surface water/fluvial flooding? (Surface water/fluvial flooding is defined as “flooding that occurs when the volume and intensity of rainfall overwhelms local drainage systems.”; a flood is defined as “any case where land not normally covered by water becomes covered by water”)
4. What was the cost to the council of the repairs and cleanup of your most recent flood (as per the definition above)?
5. Which of the following have you planned to invest in to remediate floods? Please select all that apply.
a. Options:
i. Installing Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
ii. Require all news builds/developments to include SuDS
iii. Increasing drainage maintenance
iv. Enhance green spaces to improve drainage and act as a natural buffer
v. Plant trees to help absorb excess rainwater
vi. Engage with home/land owners to reduce paved space
6. Have any of the floods your council has experienced in the last ten years resulted in “sewer flooding”, where sewers become overwhelmed?
Response 14-04-2025
1. No. We do not have budget for flood remediation. There is a budget allocated each year for Clearance and Repairs this is currently set at £310k for flood assets.
2. £310k
3. We do not record data in the manner requested. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. However, in the last 10 years Roads Maintenance have raised 115 instructions to deal with flooding issues.
4. The majority of the instructions dealt with would simply involve signage and minor clean up. The most recent event was 30/12/2024, where we attended to four separate instructions, with a total cost of £852.55
5. Roads Maintenance have recently increased the drainage maintenance of gullies. There are currently no place to remediate flood within Moray other than those laid out here: http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file145841.pdf
5a) Please see here: http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file145841.pdf
i. All new builds have to carry out a flood risk assessment which will normally require the management of surface water through SuDS. This is within our statutory Guidance for planning.
ii. N/A.
iii. This is within our statutory Guidance for planning.
iv. N/A.
v. N/A.
6. This is not something that is recorded. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. However, of the 115 instructions raised, two of these specifically mention sewer flooding/surcharging.