The Planning System and Flood Risk Management - Offaly County ...

37Fig. 5: Consideration of flood risk in the Development Management ProcessPre-application and screening for flood risk5.4 The pre-application stage is critical to the consideration of flood risk in theplanning application. It is the responsibility of the applicant at this stage togather relevant information to screen for flood risk, including that whichmay arise from sources other than rivers or coastal, and planningauthorities should ensure that applicants are aware of any flood risk issuesand of the need for them to submit an appropriate flood risk assessment.5.5 Pre-application discussions will be particularly important in identifying thebroad range of issues affecting a site and present an opportunity for thePlanning Guidelines