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Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee meeting: 21 May 2025: agenda

Agenda for the Wales Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee Meeting No 20, 10.00am 21st May 2025,
Committee Room 5, The Guildhall, Swansea SA1 4PE.

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Agenda

  1. Apologies.     10.00
     
  2. Introductions.     
     
  3. Declaration of Interests.    
     
  4. Minutes of the meeting held on 19th February 2025, and Matters Arising.    10.10
     
  5. Chair’s Announcements.     10.15
     
  6. Items from the Regional Groups.     10.25
     
  7. Glyn Neath Flood Alleviation Scheme: Richard Colman - Drainage Manager, Neath Port Talbot Council.    10.40
     

  8. Mumbles Coastal Protection Scheme: David Hughes - Group Leader, Engineering Design Services, City and County of Swansea.    11.05

        
    ---------Break---------    11.30

Sub-Committees

  1. Sub-Committees      
        
    9.1 To receive the minutes of the Resources Sub-Committee  27.03.25, and to consider the following reports:     11.40
        
    9.1.1 Skills & Capacity in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management in Wales – Briefing Note for a meeting with the Deputy First Minister, 05.03.25.    11.50
        
    9.1.2 Regional Groups – verbal report    12.15
        
    9.2 To receive an update from the Section 19 Sub-Committee - 16.05.25.    12.25
        
    9.3 To note the following ministerial decision report:

    “Flood and Coastal Risk Management - 15 April 2025 – The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved the creation of a time limited, Task and Finish Group, to consider workforce issues for the Flood and Coastal Risk Management external workforce and approved £30,000 to support the work in 2025 to 2026. The Task and Finish Group to come back with realistic achievable ideas and options, reflecting the here and now, as well as more ambitious, longer term courses of action.” 

        12.35

    9.4 To receive an update from the Workforce Task & Finish Group 20.05.25, and to consider the terms of reference.    12.40
     
  2. Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management Update – Tom Mclean - Head of Flood Risk Management Implementation,  Welsh Government    12.55
            
    ---------Lunch Break---------    13.15

Reports

  1. Planning Policy Wales - Technical Advice Note 15 - Development, Flooding and Coastal Erosion – Robin Campbell.

    13.55
     
  2. Insurance & Flood Re – A Wales Perspective – Responses to Consultations and Way Forward – Karen Potter.    14.20
     
  3. Building Resilience to Flooding in Wales by 2050: Review by the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales – Response by the Deputy First Minister – Tom Mclean - Head of Flood Risk Management Implementation, Welsh Government.

    14.45
     
  4. Annual Report - Chair    15.15
     
  5. Committee Work Programme - To consider the report of the Chair on the update of the Work Programme      15.25
     
  6. Any other business previously notified to the Chair.    15.30
     
  7. Date and venue of next meeting – Thursday 4th September 2025, Microsoft Teams - Virtual    
        
    Close    15.35
First published: 29 August 2025
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