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70Table A2: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Flood</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> Balance Sheet - Scoring of indicators in reviewingacceptability of proposed development<strong>Flood</strong>-riskindicatorUltrapositive++Positive+Neutral=Negative-Ultranegative--Is thedevelopment withinexistingflood-riskarea?No risk<strong>Risk</strong> areawithinresilientcommunitiesVulnerablecommunity,which wouldstruggle torecover<strong>Planning</strong> GuidelinesWhat arethe scale<strong>and</strong> natureof floodrisks?What scaleof residualriskmeasureswill berequired?How willegress <strong>and</strong>access beassured?What willbe theemergencyplanningimpact?Will therebe achange innumber ofpeople atrisk?Will therebe achange innumber ofpropertiesat risk?Will therebe animpact ofthemitigationmeasureselsewhere?Benign <strong>and</strong>understoodNonerequiredSignificantreductionSignificantreductionSignificantreduction inoverall floodriskMeasurescould reducerisk toexistingdevelopmentNo specialprovisions,risksacceptableReductionReductionReductionNochangeNochangeNeutralimpactSt<strong>and</strong>ard, nomajoralteration tolayout <strong>and</strong>formNeeds to bemanaged,should beacceptablesubject toFRAIncreaseIncreaseIncrease inflood riskelsewhereDifficult towarn,unpredictable,may result inoperationalfailure ofdefences, frommultiplesources<strong>Flood</strong>resistance isdominant indesignSpecialprovision,naturalresponse willnot beobvious. <strong>Risk</strong>smay not beacceptableSignificantincreaseSignificantincreaseSignificantincrease inflood riskelsewhere