For anyone who completed the Scottish Government’s Flood Resilience Strategy Consultation in 2024, there is a brief FEEDBACK on their website now, with a link to the full Report.

This includes the following six priority areas for action:

• Establishing a flood advisory service
• Involving and supporting communities
• Supporting a broader range of flood actions
• Improving land-use for flood mitigation
• Improving awareness and decision making through data
• Supporting long-term transition planning for communities at highest risk

Under the “Outcome Two: Places” section there is a good Case Study of the Eddleston Water Project, where a series of measures have been introduced to enhance flood resilience through the restoration of natural processes that slow water flows and increase the amount of water stored in the landscape. Techniques used included tree planting, log dams, storage ponds and re-meandering to reconnect the river to its floodplain.

Follow the link for the full report:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-flood-resilience-strategy-3/pages/11/