What assessment it has made of potential future flooding in Comrie.

The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 required SEPA to undertake a national assessment of flood risk, to help identify the areas in Scotland most vulnerable to flooding. The first National Flood Risk Assessment was published in 2011 and shows that Comrie is situated in a Potentially Vulnerable Area (PVA) i.e. an area where the potential impact of flooding is sufficient to justify further assessment and appraisal of flood risk management actions. The national flood risk assessment, including the individual PVA datasheets, can be found on the SEPA website at:
http://www.sepa.org.uk/flooding/flood_risk_management/national_flood_risk_assessment.aspx.
The risk of flooding in Comrie, is from multiple sources including both the Ruchill Water and the River Earn, as well as a risk of surface water flooding. A detailed assessment of potential future flooding in Comrie has also been undertaken by Perth and Kinross Council, who are working in partnership with SEPA, Scottish Water and the other local authorities in the Tay Local Plan District (LPD) to consider what measures will be required to reduce flood risk across the whole of the LPD. This is part of the on-going development of flood risk management strategies and local flood risk management plans.
This collaborative approach will allow the best combination of actions to reduce flood risk to be determined. Flood risk management strategies and local flood risk management plans will be at the heart of efforts to tackle flooding in Scotland and will explain what actions will be taken, by whom and at what time. This will help us to target investment in reducing impacts in areas most vulnerable to flooding
Following the flood events in Comrie in August and November last year, we worked with SEPA to expedite a new flood warning scheme for the Ruchill Water in Comrie. The scheme became operational on 28 January 2013 and residents, emergency responders and local elected members were kept informed of the developments by SEPA. To date, 181 people in Comrie have signed up for Flood Warnings from SEPA. This represents around 40% of properties at risk of flooding. SEPA are actively encouraging sign up in the area, and have hosted in drop-in sessions and participated in the Comrie Fayre earlier this year.