Article 3 Amendment of the 2016 Order

(1)

Schedule 5 to the 2016 Order is amended as follows.

(2)

In the table, for row (u) substitute—

“

(u)
Development –

(i) On land within Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 2;

(ii) On land within Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 3;

(iii) On land within TAN 15 Defended Zones.
The Natural Resources Body for Wales

”

(3)

Under the heading “Interpretation of Table”, for paragraph (j) substitute—

“in paragraph (u)—

(i)

“Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 2” (“Afonydd a’r Môr – Parth Llifogydd 2”) means an area with less than 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers and less than 1 in 200 chance of flooding from the sea but greater than 1 in 1000 chance of flooding from rivers and the sea in a given year, including climate change;

(ii)

“Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 3” (“Afonydd a’r Môr – Parth Llifogydd 3”) means an area with a greater than 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers in a given year, including climate change, and a greater than 1 in 200 chance of flooding from the sea in a given year, including climate change;

(iii)

“TAN 15 Defended Zones” (“Parthau Amddiffynedig TAN 15”) means areas where flood risk management infrastructure provides a minimum standard of protection against flooding of 1 in 100 from rivers and 1 in 200 from the sea (plus climate change and freeboard) as set out in the Flood Map for Planning published by Natural Resources Wales”.