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To reduce the likelihood of breach and its associated flood risk, Halcrow recommended a number of actions by the applicant. First, it suggested regular structural surveys of the wall, with priority funding along critical reaches. There is no plan for this, and the cost of any reinforcement is unknown. Secondly, it suggested that proposed developments within the area at risk should consider their own flood resilience measures. The normal thing to do would be to build a bund or wall around the entrance of a height that would exclude the water at its highest level. This is not being proposed, and, anyway, would require a new planning application because it would considerably change the design. Thirdly, it recommended that a robust evacuation plan should be implemented, especially if the land is within the rapid inundation zone—which it is. There is no such plan. The design has no refuge above ground for a large number of people; indeed, it would require a completely new design to provide it.