Flood resilience equipment

Southwark Council does not provide Property Flood Resilience (PFR) equipment such as sandbags. You may opt to get your own equipment for your property.

You can never eliminate the risk of flooding entirely, but you can reduce the risk of water getting in to your home or business and reduce its impact if it does get in. The techniques come under many different names, including Property Level Resilience (PLR), Property Flood Resilience (PFR) and Property Level Protection (PLP).

What is Property Flood Resilience?

Property Flood Resilience is designed to reduce the impacts of flooding against your property.

Measures include, but are not limited to:

devices to prevent water from entering the property
flood gates on doors and windows
non-return valves on toilets or other waste systems
self-closing air bricks

(Southwark Council does not provide these)

Advice on using Property Flood Resilience

Visit the GOV.UK website for advice on improving your property's flood protection.
Consider installing Property Flood Resilience at your property. You can find products and service providers on The National Flood Forum Blue Pages Directory. Products include air brick covers which can be left on, flood doors and barriers.
Get advice from a flood specialist and be ready with a supply of temporary flood barriers. Check the National Flood Forum's advice on protecting your property and surveyors.
Get information and an online estimate on how to protect your property using the National Flood Forum's Property Protection Advisor.
You may need to contact your landlord for permission to install PFR if you don’t own the property.
Ensure you understand and learn how to use the devices installed.
Move valuables upstairs or to another safe place above the flood line.

Further advice and support on flooding issues can be found on the National Flood Forum website. The National Flood Forum is a charity that supports individuals and communities who are at risk of flooding.

Page last updated: 08 November 2023

Name	Cookie purpose description	Provider	Expiry
CookieNotice	Used to hold the selections you make as to which cookies you allow from the site.	southwark.gov.uk	6 months
Bridge.Auth	used to hold authentication information	southwark.gov.uk	Session
ASP.NET_SessionId	used to hold session information	southwark.gov.uk	Session
ProcessDisplayOptionsActionFilter.Pref	This cookie is used to remember display settings for colour contrast and font sizes set by the user in the accessibility options panel.	southwark.gov.uk	30 days
visid_incap_#	Preserves users states across page requests.	southwark.gov.uk	1 year
incap_ses_#	Preserves users states across page requests.	southwark.gov.uk	Session
AWSELBCORS	Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times.	www.servmetric.com	5 minutes
local_storage_support_test	The cookie is used in context with the local-storage function in the browser. This function allows the web site to load faster by pre-loading certain procedures.	twitter.com	Persistent
CalloutDisplay	This cookie is used to record what callouts have been dismissed during a session to ensure they do not re-appear.	southwark.gov.uk	Session
ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS	Essential cookie used for web server load balancing	southwark.gov.uk	session
ApplicationGatewayAffinity	Essential cookie for web server load balancing	southwark.gov.uk	session

Name	Cookie purpose description	Provider	Expiry
___utmvc#	Collects information on visitor behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used on the website, in order to optimise the relevance of advertisement.	southwark.gov.uk	1 day
r/collect	This cookie is used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	google-analytics.com	Session

Name	Cookie purpose description	Provider	Expiry
_dc_gtm_UA-#	Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag.	google-analytics.com	1 day
_ga	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	google-analytics.com	2 years
collect	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	google-analytics.com	Session
_gid	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	southwark.gov.uk	1 day

Flood resilience equipment

What is Property Flood Resilience?

Advice on using Property Flood Resilience

Cookies policy

Review your privacy settings