Sheffield's current Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) was completed in July 2008. It collates all known sources of flooding in the city and delineates areas that have 'low', 'medium' or 'high' probability of flooding. These are shown on a series of maps covering the city.
The assessment also recommends land uses for each area and appropriate mitigation measures as necessary.
Due to improved modelling work undertaken by the Environment Agency since the publication of the SFRA, some of the boundaries of the medium and high probability areas have changed. For example, some areas have decreased or increased in flood risk probability.
View changes at the Environment Agency Flood Map for Planning (from Rivers and the Sea). Please note the Environment Agency map and associated information is intended for guidance and cannot provide details for individual properties.
If your site falls in or close to a medium or high probability area, or you require flood probability information for an individual property, please contact us.
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment documents
Documents relating to the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment are available at the Sheffield Plan Examination web page. Follow the instructions below to access the documents.
Level 1 SFRA documents
How to navigate to the Level 1 SFRA documents:
- Go to the Sheffield Plan web page
- Scroll down to the heading 'Submission and evidence based documents' and select the 'Document Library' button
- Select 'Flood Risk' in the table of contents
- Select the relevant hyperlink for the document you wish to view
Level 2 SFRA documents
How to navigate to the Level 2 SFRA documents:
- Go to the Sheffield Plan web page
- Scroll down to the 'Examination Documents' section and select the 'Examination Documents' button
- Scroll down to rows Exam 38 to Exam 42D and select the hyperlink to the document you wish to view