High Flood Risk
Flood Zone 3
HIGH flood risk (Zone 3) means greater than 1 in 100 annual chance of flooding. Flood insurance essential and may be expensive or hard to obtain. Planning requires comprehensive flood assessments. Consider flood resilience measures and evacuation plans.
What This Means
This property has a significant chance of flooding - more than 1% probability in any given year. This is the highest risk category.
Practical Advice
- Flood insurance is ESSENTIAL - may be expensive or difficult to get
- Investigate flood history - check if this property has flooded before
- Consider flood resilience (raised electrics, waterproof floors, barriers)
- Have an evacuation plan and flood kit ready
- May affect property value and saleability
- Planning permission for development will be very difficult
Additional Information
This property is in a high flood risk area.
Data Source: Environment Agency flood risk assessments
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