River basin planning: Challenges and Choices
We want your views on the challenges our waters face and the choices we all need to make to help tackle those challenges. Your responses will help shape the way we manage the water environment.
- Consultation Outcome Challenges and Choices consultation responses: short summary
We have extended the deadline for submissions to the Challenges and Choices consultation by 5 months because of the coronavirus outbreak. The new date for final submissions is 24 September 2020.
The current river basin management plans were published in February 2016. The plans must be reviewed and updated every 6 years.
The second consultation on updating the plans is the Challenges and Choices consultation. We want your views on:
- the challenges that limit the benefits society gets from the water environment in river basin districts in England (the challenges)
- the best way to address these issues (the choices)
The information we gather through this consultation will help us update the current river basin management plans. We will publish and consult on draft plans in 2021. We are required to do this by the Water Framework Directive.
Find out more about river basin planning and future consultations.