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

TermsLand uses less vulnerable tofloodingDefinitionLand uses and types of development whichinclude:49Likelihood (probability) offloodingMitigation measuresNatura 2000• Buildings used for: shops; financial,professional and other services; restaurantsand cafés; hot food take-aways; offices;general industry; storage and distribution;non-residential institutions; and assemblyand leisure;• Land and buildings used for holiday orshort-let caravans and camping, subject tospecific warning and evacuation plans;• Land and buildings used for agricultureand forestry;• Waste treatment (except landfill andhazardous waste);• Mineral working and processing; and• Transport infrastructure.A general concept relating to the chance of anevent occurring. Likelihood is generallyexpressed as a probability or a frequency of aflood of a given magnitude or severity occurringor being exceeded in any given year. It is basedon the average frequency estimated, measuredor extrapolated from records over a largenumber of years and is usually expressed as thechance of a particular flood level being exceededin any one year. For example, a 1 in 100 or 1%flood is that which would, on average, beexpected to occur once in 100 years, though itcould happen at any time.Elements of a development design which maybe used to manage flood risk to a development,either by reducing the incidence of flooding bothto the development and as a result of it and/orby making the development more resistantand/or resilient to the effects of flooding.The EU-wide network of protected areas,recognised as ‘sites of Community importance’under the EC Habitats Directive (CouncilDirective 92/43/EEC on the conservation ofnatural habitats and of wild fauna and flora).They comprise “Special Areas of Conservation”(SACs) under the Habitats Directive and“Special Protection Areas” (SPAs) under theBirds Directive (Council Directive 79/409/EC onthe conservation of wild birds).Planning Guidelines