flooding or where the local flood risks need to be carefully managed in order to prevent pollution and ensure development is not hindered. The areas we have identified to focus our flood risk management work are set out in Table 5. These areas represent areas of Kent where we are planning to deliver more than single projects or where we expect there to be more than one measure that will result from strategic investigations. Table 2 Focus areas for local flood risk management issues Priority area Flood risk management Actions Partners flooding in the Medway Medway Valley to the towns and Catchment Southern Water villages there. (under the has undertaken a Medway Flood drainage strategy KCC will work with Southern Partnership) for Northeast Kent Water to identify opportunities (Deal, Margate, where it can reduce the Ramsgate and discharge of surface water to Broadstairs) that the sewers identifies sewer Environment Agency, capacity as a Upper Medway Internal potential obstacle Drainage Board, Southern to growth. Water, Southeast Rivers The Environment Trust, Natural Agency has England formed a Strategic Northeast Flood Partnership Southern Water, Kent (Deal, for the Medway Thanet Council, Dover Margate, Valley, which KCC District Council Ramsgate and is an Broadstairs) active partner in. KCC is also a The Medway partner in the Valley contains Natural Flood many local Management flood risks, Project for the especially from Medway Valley. ordinary As part of these watercourses projects and this and poor Local Strategy, drainage KCC will investigate the opportunities through NFM and other means to reduce the risk of
flooding or where the local flood risks need to be carefully managed in order to prevent pollution and ensure development is not hindered. The areas we have identified to focus our flood risk management work are set out in Table 5. These areas represent areas of Kent where we are planning to deliver more than single projects or where we expect there to be more than one measure that will result from strategic investigations. Table 2 Focus areas for local flood risk management Priority area Flood risk management issues Actions Partners Medway Catchment (under the Medway Flood Partnership) Northeast Kent (Deal, Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs) The Medway Valley contains many local flood risks, especially from ordinary watercourses and poor drainage Southern Water has undertaken a drainage strategy for Northeast Kent (Deal, Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs) that identifies sewer capacity as a potential obstacle to growth. The Environment Agency has formed a Strategic Flood Partnership for the Medway Valley, which KCC is an active partner in. KCC is also a partner in the Natural Flood Management Project for the Medway Valley. As part of these projects and this Local Strategy, KCC will investigate the opportunities through NFM and other means to reduce the risk of flooding in the Medway Valley to the towns and villages there. KCC will work with Southern Water to identify opportunities where it can reduce the discharge of surface water to the sewers Environment Agency, Upper Medway Internal Drainage Board, Southern Water, Southeast Rivers Trust, Natural England Southern Water, Thanet Council, Dover District Council