Flood protection appraisals: guidance for SEPA and responsible authorities

Footnotes

1. https://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/water/flooding/flood-maps/

2. Scottish Government (2011a) guidance on Delivering Sustainable Flood Risk Management does not specify design standards.

3. Scottish Government Environmental Assessment: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Environment/environmental-assessment [accessed 16/11/2015]

4. The only exceptions are if there are no alternative solutions and there are imperative reasons of overriding public interest for the plan or project to go ahead.

5. Drinking Water Quality Regulatory http://dwqr.scot/

6. SEPA: Bathing Waters: http://apps.sepa.org.uk/bathingwaters/Index.aspx [accessed 26/10/2015]

7. Biodiversity Scotland http://www.biodiversityscotland.gov.uk/advice-and-resources/scottish-biodiversity-list/ [accessed 26/10/2015]

8. Scottish Natural Heritage: Protecting Scotland's nature: http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/; Habitats networks and spatial ecology http://www.snh.gov.uk/land-and-sea/managing-the-land/spatial-ecology/ [accessed 26/10/2015]

9. Scottish Natural Heritage: Safeguarding geodiversity http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/safeguarding-geodiversity/ [accessed 26/10/2015].

10. Scottish Natural Heritage: Looking after our landscapes http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/looking-after-landscapes/ [accessed 26/10/2015]

11. National Records of Scotland Household Projections: http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/housholds/household-projections

12. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp [accessed 27/11/2015]

13. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/price-and-cost-indices [accessed 27/11/2015]