To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10494 by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 August 2017, which of the "42 formal Flood Protection Schemes or engineering works proposed for 2016-21" are currently (a) under construction and (b) at the planning or other stage of development, broken down by (i) expected completion date, including the reason for any date being beyond 2021, (ii) the number of properties that will be protected and (iii) the (A) initially forecast and (B) expected final cost of each.
Information has been shared in response to similar questions many times (at least annually) since Roseanna Cunningham answered on 15 August 2017, most recently in response to Willie Rennie MSP on 9 November 2023.
Local authorities are responsible for the development and delivery of flood protection schemes. The 2015-2021 Flood Risk Management Strategies included 42 formal flood protection schemes. Local authorities were expected to start work on development of these schemes by 2021.
Flood protection schemes can have significant impacts on individuals, communities and the environment, and so require careful and detailed planning and consultation, it was recognised that construction work may not be completed within the 2015-2021 timeframe.
15 of the flood schemes have now been completed.
Schemes (a) under construction are as follows:
Scheme | (ii) Properties protected | (i) Completion Date | (iii A) Initial cost (£ million) (1) | ( iii B) Estimated final cost (£ million) (2) |
Upper Garnock | 600 | 2024 | 15.5 | 18.5 |
Hawick | 970 | 2024 | 37.4 | 78.6 |
Campbeltown | 770 | 2024 | 9.3 | 15.2 |
Millport Coastal | 657 | 2024 | 12.1 | 48.6 |
Stranraer | 350 | 2024 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
Schemes (b) under development are as follows:
Scheme | Stage | (ii) Properties protected | (iii A) Initial cost (£ million) (1) | ( iii B) Estimated Final Cost of Scheme (2) |
Kilmacolm – Glenmosston Burn | Confirmed (3) | Not held | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Comrie | Confirmed (3) | 189 | 15.7 | 40.0 |
Quarrier’s Village | Confirmed (3) | 60 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Dumfries - Whitesands | Confirmed (3) | 166 | 18.9 | 37.5 |
Water of Leith (Coltbridge, Gorgie, Saughton) Phase 3 | Confirmed (3) | 75 | Not held | Not held |
Mill Burn Millport | Confirmed (3) | 124 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
Musselburgh | Under development | 2500 | 8.9 | 95.9 |
Milnathort | Under development | 79 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
Dumbarton - Gruggies Burn | Under development | 370 | 14.5 | 20.0 |
Newton Stewart/ River Cree | Under development | 270 | 7.5 | 19.1 |
South Kinross | Under development | Not held | 3.2 | 15.1 |
Bridge of Allan | Under development | Not held | 4.4 | 17.0 |
Callander | Under development | 30 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
Haddington | Under development | 320 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
Stirling | Under development | 810 | 26.2 | 85.6 |
Grangemouth FPS | Under development | 2980 | 111.5 | 420 |
St Andrews - Kinness Burn | Under development | 133 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
South Fords | Under development | 58 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Scone | Under development | 44 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
(1) Note: Initial costs as provided by local authorities in 2016-17.
(2) Note: Final Scheme costs are the latest estimates provided by local authorities. Differences between these latest estimates and initial cost estimates arise as a result of inflationary pressures and because flood protection schemes are put forward for prioritisation at various stages of their development to fit with Flood Risk Management Planning cycle set out in the FRM Act. Costs are revised over time as designs are finalised and more detailed investigations are carried out and as new information emerges.
Schemes will only be taken forward for construction if they receive the necessary statutory and regulatory approvals so the expected completion date is not yet known.
More detailed information on each of the schemes can be obtained from the relevant local authorities whose responsibility it is to develop and deliver flood protection schemes and who are best placed to answer specific questions on each of the schemes.
(3) Note: Formally confirmed under Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act (2009).
