NRW Local Model Manager: Detailed Flood Models for Wales
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Description
The Flood Map for Planning provides an indication of land at risk from rivers, the sea, and surface water, taking account of climate change impacts over the next 100 years. This dataset shows the location of Natural Resources Wales's detailed, local flood models, which support Welsh Government planning policy. The data is published by the Government Digital Service under an OGL-UK-3.0 license.
Use Cases
Assess flood risk for new development projects based on the Flood Map for Planning.
Inform strategic land-use planning based on projected climate change impacts over 100 years.
Request detailed local flood models from NRW for site-specific analysis based on their locations.
Strengths
Explicitly incorporates climate change projections for a 100-year timeframe.
Supports official Welsh Government planning policy on flood risk.
Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
Source
Government Digital Service
Collection Method
Likely generated from hydrological modeling and spatial analysis.
Time Range
Projections account for climate change impacts over the next 100 years.
Freshness
unknown
Geography
Wales, United Kingdom
Detailed local models must be requested via a specific email address ([email protected]).