FRM Local Plan Districts: Flood Management Areas for Scotland

Flood Risk Management Local Plan Districts (LPDs) are geographical areas designated under the Flood Risk Management Act (Scotland) 2009. These areas are based on river catchments, with local edits to align with sewer catchments, and are used by SEPA and responsible authorities for coordinating flood risk management. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Delineate administrative boundaries for flood management planning based on the described river catchment methodology.
• Coordinate multi-agency flood risk strategies across institutional boundaries as mentioned in the description.
• Analyze spatial relationships between sewer catchments and flood management districts based on the local edits described.
• Support GIS mapping for flood hazard assessment using the provided geographical area polygons.

Strengths

• Areas are legally designated under the Flood Risk Management Act (Scotland) 2009, providing an authoritative basis.
• Boundaries are defined with consideration for practical coordination, including edits to keep sewer catchments intact.
• Designed for use by SEPA and responsible authorities, suggesting operational relevance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count and spatial scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Designated under legislation, likely derived from hydrological and administrative data.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Scotland