Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 30 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has identified any new sites for flood protection schemes outwith those that were identified for work between 2016 and 2021, and, if so, at what locations.
The responsibility for development and delivery of flood protection schemes rests with individual local authorities, who are best placed to respond to local resilience needs.
Proposals to improve flood resilience in potentially vulnerable areas, including flood protection schemes, are set out in Flood Risk Management Plans published on SEPA’s website, and Local Flood Risk Management Plans, published by local authorities.
These plans are renewed every 6 years. The current plans are valid until 2028.