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Properties in PL7 5BN sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.
| Likelihood band | Annual chance | Properties | Of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | greater than 3.3% | 1 | 0 |
| Medium | 1% – 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 3 | 0 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.
PL7 5BN gets about 1,360 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 164 mm; driest May, 74 mm). That is 17% wetter than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.4 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The ground here sits at about 24 m above sea level and falls 64 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west, 56.0 m higher.
Because properties in the high likelihood band; 4 recorded flood outlines mapped nearby; 372 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around PL7 5BN. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.
| Date | Mapped flood extent | Approx. distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2012 | CW9223 - Plympton, Newnham | ~0.3 km |
| Dec 2012 | CW9223 - Plympton - Stoggy Lane | ~0.9 km |
| Nov 2012 | CW9200 - Plymouth - Newham | ~0.3 km |
| Nov 1996 | CW8302 - Plympton | ~0.4 km |
These are extents the Environment Agency has mapped, not a list of every flood. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.
2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 29 warnings nearby) · Emma (2018, 6 warnings nearby) · Callum (2018, 5 warnings nearby) · Ashley (2024, 5 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newnham Park | Tory Brook | 0.0 km | 1.16 m | 1.45 m |
| Plympton | Long Brook | 2.2 km | 1.00 m | 1.61 m |
| Carnwood | River Plym | 4.6 km | 1.60 m | 2.55 m |
| CARNWOOD | — | 4.6 km | — | — |
Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.
| Overflow | Discharges into | Distance | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newnham Road Cso | Tory Brook Via Sws | 1.3 km | 33 (2024) | 22 |
| Moorland Road Cso | Tory Brook (via Sws) | 1.5 km | 0 (2024) | 0 |
| Dark Street Lane Cso | Longbrook Stream | 2.0 km | 30 (2024) | 25 |
| #n/a | Tory Brook | 2.0 km | 4 (2024) | 0 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
4 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~281 m (natural high ground, engineered high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.
The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.
At-risk postcodes near PL7 5BN — all in the PL7 district.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the PL7 district.