Flooding
There are two main rivers running through the Wyre Forest
district, the River Severn and the River Stour, as well as a number
of other smaller watercourses, all of which are liable to flood
from time to time.
The Environment Agency is the responsible body for the Rivers
Severn and Stour and
more
information on general flooding matters can be found on their
website.
The responsibility for watercourses rests with the owners of the
land on which the watercourse is located.
Anyone proposing to carry out development works in an area subject
to flooding will have to take particular care and will have to
provide additional technical information when they are submitting a
planning application.
In 2003, the Council published its
Flood Defence
Policy 
(83K) which sets out its
responsibilities in the event of flooding taking place.
Flood Warnings
The Environment Agency changed their flood warning codes on
November 8th 2010 in a bid to make them easier to understand.
Download the
full press release (65K) from the Environment Agency.
