Amendment of the 2016 Order
article 3 3.—(1) Schedule 5 to the 2016 Order is amended as follows.
(2) In the table, for row (u) substitute—
| “(u) | Development – (i) On land within Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 2; (ii) On land within Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 3; (iii) On land within TAN 15 Defended Zones. | The Natural Resources Body for Wales” |
(3) Under the heading “Interpretation of Table”, for paragraph (j) substitute—
“in paragraph (u)—
(i)“Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 2” (“Afonydd a’r Môr – Parth Llifogydd 2”) means an area with less than 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers and less than 1 in 200 chance of flooding from the sea but greater than 1 in 1000 chance of flooding from rivers and the sea in a given year, including climate change;
(ii)“Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 3” (“Afonydd a’r Môr – Parth Llifogydd 3”) means an area with a greater than 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers in a given year, including climate change, and a greater than 1 in 200 chance of flooding from the sea in a given year, including climate change;
(iii)“TAN 15 Defended Zones” (“Parthau Amddiffynedig TAN 15”) means areas where flood risk management infrastructure provides a minimum standard of protection against flooding of 1 in 100 from rivers and 1 in 200 from the sea (plus climate change and freeboard) as set out in the Flood Map for Planning published by Natural Resources Wales”.