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This Statement of Qualifications and Limitations is attached to and forms part of the Report and any use of the Report is subject to the terms hereof. Nottinghamshire County Council AECOM Nottinghamshire Minerals and Waste Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 8 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Aims and Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 8 1.3 SFRA Structure ............................................................................................................................... 10 2. Study Area ................................................................................................................................................ 11 2.1 General Overview ........................................................................................................................... 11 2.2 Geology .......................................................................................................................................... 11 2.3 Current Minerals Extraction Situation ............................................................................................. 12 2.3.1 Sand and Gravel ............................................................................................................................. 12 2.3.2 Sherwood Sandstone ..................................................................................................................... 13 2.3.3 Limestone ....................................................................................................................................... 13 2.3.4 Brick Clay ....................................................................................................................................... 13 2.3.5 Gypsum .......................................................................................................................................... 13 2.3.6 Coal ................................................................................................................................................ 14 2.3.7 Hydrocarbons – Oil and Gas .......................................................................................................... 14 2.3.8 Other Minerals ................................................................................................................................ 14 3. Policy Context .......................................................................................................................................... 15 3.1 Flood and Water Management Act ................................................................................................. 15 3.2 Amendments to policy on Sustainable Drainage Systems.............................................................. 15 3.2.1 National SuDS Standards ............................................................................................................... 16 3.3 Amendments to Climate Change Guidance (2016) ........................................................................ 17 3.3.1 Fluvial Climate Change Allowances ................................................................................................ 17 3.3.2 Pluvial Climate Change Allowances................................................................................................ 18 3.4 National Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management .............................................. 19 3.5 Local Flood Risk Management Strategy ......................................................................................... 19 3.6 Flood Risk Regulations ................................................................................................................... 19 3.6.1 Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment ............................................................................................... 19 3.6.2 Humber River Basin District Flood Risk Management Plan ............................................................ 20 3.7 National Planning Policy ................................................................................................................. 20 3.7.1 National Planning Policy Framework .............................................................................................. 20 3.7.2 National Planning Practice Guidance ............................................................................................. 21 3.8 Local Planning Policy...................................................................................................................... 21 3.8.1 Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan Issues and Options Consultation ......................................... 21 3.8.1.1 Development Management policies ................................................................................................ 23 3.8.2 Nottinghamshire Minerals Local Plan ............................................................................................. 23 3.9 The Water Framework Directive ..................................................................................................... 23 4. Level 1 SFRA Methodology ....................................................................................................................