The notice period for the Almondbank Flood Protection Scheme ran from 2 July 2013 until 20 November 2013 when a decision was made by the Council's Environment Committee to approve the Proposed Scheme with no modifications. The notice period is now closed but the confirmed Scheme documents can still be viewed.
In accordance with Section 60 and Schedule 2 of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 and Parts II, III, and IV of the Flood Risk Management (Flood Protection Schemes, Potentially Vulnerable Areas and Local Plan Districts) (Scotland) Regulations 2010, the Council has given notice to relevant statutory Consultees and every person known to the local authority to have an interest in any land on which the proposed operations are to be carried out, or, whose interest in any other land may be affected by any of the proposed operations or by any alteration in the flow of water caused by any of the proposed operations.
Confirmed scheme documents
- Flood order (PDF, 104 KB)
- Public Consultation Community Report (PDF, 1 MB)
- Almondbank hydraulic modelling report (PDF, 19 MB)
- Surface water flooding solutions report (PDF, 13 MB)
- Almondbank flood management options report (PDF, 8 MB)
Scheme (Flood Order) Drawings
Technical Report
- Technical report (PDF, 4 MB)
- Technical report appendix A-F (PDF, 10 MB)
- Technical report appendix G (PDF, 24 MB)
- Technical report appendix H (PDF, 4 MB)
Environmental Statement
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
- Environmental statement - volume 2 (PDF, 130 KB)
- Volume 2 figures
- Volume 2 - appendices
- Appendix 1 - Alternatives Options (PDF, 112 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Flood Protection Order Drawings (PDF, 24 MB)
- Appendix 3 - Outline Construction Management Plan (PDF, 26 MB)
- Appendix 4 - Landscape Policy Guidance (PDF, 26 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Landscape and Visual Assessment Methodology (PDF, 57 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Summary of Landscape and Visual Impacts (PDF, 29 KB)
- Appendix 7 - Visual Impact Tables (PDF, 213 KB)
- Appendix 8 - Ecology Field Survey Methodologies (PDF, 36 KB)
- Appendix 9 - Phase 1 Survey Target Notes (PDF, 22 KB)
- Appendix 10 - River Corridor Survey (PDF, 9 MB)
- Appendix 11 - Otter Survey Findings (PDF, 27 KB)
- Appendix 12 - Bat Habitat and Roost Assessment (PDF, 696 KB)
- Appendix 13 - Bat and Red Squirrel Habitat Survey (PDF, 449 KB)
- Appendix 14 - Lamprey Report (PDF, 7 MB)
- Appendix 15 - Freshwater Pearl Mussel Survey (PDF, 376 KB)
- Environmental statement - non technical summary (PDF, 10 MB)
- Habitats Regulations Appraisal - Stage 1 Screening (PDF, 24 MB)