Amendment of the 2012 Order2.
(1)
Schedule 4 to the 2012 Order is amended as follows.
(2)
“(x)
Development –
(i) On land within Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 2;
(ii) On land within Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 3;
(iii)On land within TAN 15 Defended Zones.
The Natural Resources Body for Wales”
(3)
“(n)
in paragraph (x)–
“Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 2” (“Afonydd a’r Môr – Parth Llifogydd 2”) means an area with less than a 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers and less than 1 in 200 chance of flooding from the sea but greater than 1 in 1000 chance of flooding from rivers and the sea in a given year, including climate change;
“Rivers and Sea – Flood Zone 3” (“Afonydd a’r Môr – Parth Llifogydd 3”) means an area with a greater than 1 in 100 chance of flooding from rivers in a given year, including climate change, and a greater than 1 in 200 chance of flooding from the sea in a given year, including climate change;
“TAN 15 Defended Zones” (“Parthau Amddiffynedig TAN 15”) means areas where flood risk management infrastructure provides a minimum standard of protection against flooding of 1 in 100 from rivers and 1 in 200 from the sea (plus climate change and freeboard) as set out in the Flood Map for Planning published by Natural Resources Wales6