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Forthbank Wind Energy Development
which all development types are acceptable. The met mast will be designed in such a way as
to make it resistant to flooding and it will not increase the risk of flooding elsewhere due to its
very small land take. The SEPA Flood Zones and acceptable development types are
explained in Table 13.7.
Table 13.7 Flood Zones, in SPP land in Scotland is divided into three flood risk zones
Flood Probability Explanation Appropriate Land use
Zone
Zone 1 Low Less than 1 in 1000 All development types generally acceptable
annual probability of
river or sea flooding in
any year (