EIR Request - Hydrological Assessment Northwest of Inverurie
Request 101003547334
SLR Consulting Limited are conducting a hydrological assessment at a search area centred at NJ 43550 32577, northwest of Inverurie, Moray. The requested search area extends to north, past Duftown, and south, past Cabrach, of the previously indicated location and is shown on the figure attached with shapefiles provided for reference.
As part of our assessment, we are interested in any information Moray Council holds regarding the following:
1. Flood Risk Information
• Details of any existing and proposed flood defence measures in the area and information regarding the impact of these defences on flood water levels (if applicable);
• Any information held on historic flood events in this area, including date, extent of flooding and flood water levels (if available);
• Any information on the risk of groundwater flooding and surface water drainage flooding in this area together with records of any historic incidents.
2. Private Water Supplies (PWS)
Could you please provide details of any PWS within or near to the search area, including the source (i.e. groundwater, spring, watercourse) and location of the abstraction (as a grid reference ideally) and the number of properties it supplies, if known.
3. Historic Landfills
Information regarding any historic landfills in the search area. We would be grateful if you could supply us with any information regarding the areas and times of disposal, the nature of disposal and wastes involved.
4. Nearby Proposed Significant Developments Any summary information (e.g. planning application number, development activity) of proposed or recently approved significant developments (i.e. quarries, mines, roads, water treatment works, windfarms, hydropower schemes, etc.) registered within the search area.
Response 07-05-2024
1.a) There are no flood defences within the Moray Boundary for this area.
b) We do not hold any historic information on flood events in this area.
c) There is no information regarding groundwater flooding and surface water drainage in the area.
2. The information requested can be found published on the council website. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here:
https://data-moray.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/moray::private-water-supplies-source-moray/about
https://data-moray.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/moray::private-water-supplies-user-moray/about
We would also insist you read the information regarding the dataset and its licencing restrictions. For ease see below:-
Reg 2 (previously Cat A) are supplies which are commercial (including private lets) or more than 50 persons Category B are non-commercial with less than 50 persons.
NOTE:- The location data we hold for the private water supplies is not 100% accurate (easting's and northing's can be out but we are currently working on improving these through GPS, unfortunately I cannot provide a figure on the accuracy, some maybe just in a general area of the property it serves). If you require further information on individual sources please contact our Private Water Supplies Team via email EHadmin@moray.gov.uk.
The data may contain multiple records for the same source reference, this may be where either multiple source abstractions points are located or there are other private water supply infrastructure located eg storage tanks. The location Type indicates the type:- A or A1 etc = Source, B or B1 etc = supply infrastructure, U or U1 etc = unused supply infrastructure. Sites marked with "Y" confirmed are for sites where we have visited site and obtained more accurate locations. The list does not include historic private water supplies. The data is provided based on the best information available to the council at the time of writing.
Further private water supply information can be obtained from the link below, along with access to our register of sources.
http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_55031.html
Disclaimer. Moray Council will not accept any liability for any costs incurred by the recipient or by any third parties arising from or as a result of any inaccuracies in the information provided by us in relation to the location of a particular Private Water Supply. Recipients are asked to note that the information provided will be taken from information provided by Private Water Supply Users, the accuracy or otherwise of which may not have been verified by the Council.
This data has been created by Moray Council for licence under an Open Government Licence (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) for public sector information. The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Copyright Moray Council, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).
3. There are no historic records of Moray Council operated landfill sites within the area that we are aware of.
4. Regarding the proximity of nearby proposed significant developments, all local and major planning applications can be identified either by word search or map search on the Moray Councils e-planning portal. This includes being able to search by development type and level (local, major or national). The online planning portal allows full public access to the information sought in the request and can be reached via https://publicaccess.moray.gov.uk/eplanning/
This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible.