The local authority (Tier 2) structure is complex with responsibility and functionality split between County and District Councils or delivered by single entities (HM Government, 2020). As defined by the Local Government Act 1972 (The National Archives, 2020a), the General Powers of Competence und...
such as local government officials and staff, levee and drainage board members, landowners and farmers located in the floodplain or floodways, business owners and industry staff whose business operations are within the floodplain or floodway, and industry ...