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Flood Risk Management Planning Reform

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency are reforming how flood risk management projects are planned and funded in England. The Government is considering establishing allocation ratios or ranges for projects under £3 million to balance investment between inland flood defence and coastal protection schemes, addressing concerns about unintended competition between project types.

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2026

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2025

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14 Oct 2025 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Flood and coastal erosion resilience and investment

UIN: HCWS956 I wish to update the House on actions we are taking to strengthen resilience to flood and coastal risks in England, including investment and reforms to the Government’s flood investment policy. Over the last year, this Government has …

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14 Oct 2025 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Flood and Coastal Erosion Resilience and Investment

UIN: HLWS955 My honourable friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy MP, has made the following Written Statement.I wish to update the House on actions we are taking to strengthen resilience to flood and coastal risks in England, …

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5 Feb 2025 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Flood Investment Announcement

UIN: HCWS417 Communities, homes, businesses and farmland are increasingly impacted by more frequent and severe floods. This winter alone the UK has experienced five storms in fewer than five months. As the changing climate continues to lead to more extreme …

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5 Feb 2025 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Flood Investment Announcement

UIN: HLWS413 My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed MP, has made the following Written Statement.Communities, homes, businesses and farmland are increasingly impacted by more frequent and severe floods. T...

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2024

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13 Nov 2024 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Flood Resilience

UIN: HCWS214 The Government extends its deepest sympathies to the citizens of Valencia and more widely across Spain, where recent floods have had devastating impacts on communities including the tragic loss of more than 200 lives. These events are a …

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13 Nov 2024 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Flood Resilience

UIN: HLWS212 My honourable friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy MP, has made the following Written Statement.The Government extends its deepest sympathies to the citizens of Valencia and more widely across Spain, where recent floods have had …

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19 Apr 2024 | Written evidence linked

People experience different levels of exposure to extreme weather. Factors such as location, income and health affect people’s ability to cope with and respond to these events. For example, lower income households may be more likely to live in properties at flood risk, which are less expensive to buy or rent, and be less likely to be able to afford the cost of replacing possessions lost to flooding. Our written evidence also highlighted the need to improve the understanding of what kind of vu...

People experience different levels of exposure to extreme weather. Factors such as location, income and health affect people’s ability to cope with and respond to these events. For example, lower income households may be more likely to live in properties …

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19 Apr 2024 | Consultation (closed) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Consultation on draft Statutory Instrument: The English Drainage Boards (Alternative Valuation Calculation) Regulations 2024 — consultation closed

Internal drainage boards (IDBs), which are locally funded and operated statutory public bodies, are responsible in their area of operation, for water level management and managing flood risk. There are 112 independent IDBs in England and they are mainly funded …

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7 Mar 2024 | Consultation (closed) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Consultation on draft Statutory Instrument: The English Drainage Boards (Alternative Valuation Calculation) Regulations 2024 — consultation opened

Internal drainage boards (IDBs), which are locally funded and operated statutory public bodies, are responsible in their area of operation, for water level management and managing flood risk. There are 112 independent IDBs in England and they are mainly funded …

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2023

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2022

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2021

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26 Feb 2021 | Written evidence linked

We asked the Department why some people faced difficulties in obtaining affordable insurance after being flooded, particularly those in social housing. The Department said that Flood Re, a joint initiative between the insurance industry and the UK Government, was established to ensure affordable flood risk insurance is available, regardless of whether a property has been flooded recently.29 It was established by the Water Act 2014, launched in 2016, and will run until 2039. Written evidence p...

We asked the Department why some people faced difficulties in obtaining affordable insurance after being flooded, particularly those in social housing. The Department said that Flood Re, a joint initiative between the insurance industry and the UK Government, was established …

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26 Feb 2021 | Written evidence linked

Written evidence from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Flood Re emphasised the importance of property-level flood resilience measures such as flood barriers and doors. Such measures can reduce the cost of repairs and the recovery time of affected properties. Both the ABI and Flood Re welcomed the government’s commitment to increase property-level flood resilience but felt more could be done to overcome obstacles to the take-up of measures. Their suggestions included: using Flood ...

Written evidence from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Flood Re emphasised the importance of property-level flood resilience measures such as flood barriers and doors. Such measures can reduce the cost of repairs and the recovery time of affected …

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26 Feb 2021 | Written evidence linked

Written evidence from Flood Re highlighted that the Agency does not have responsibility for surface water flooding and it has concerns about the impacts of developments in dense urban areas where surface water flood risks are high. It also has concerns that there is an inconsistent approach to climate change risk in the planning review process, and that local authorities lack skills and support to take a long-term view. It also highlighted the disconnect between the developers who financially...

Written evidence from Flood Re highlighted that the Agency does not have responsibility for surface water flooding and it has concerns about the impacts of developments in dense urban areas where surface water flood risks are high. It also has …

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2020

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5 Nov 2020 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Independent Review of Insurance

UIN: HCWS554 On 27th December 2019 my Rt Hon Friend the then Secretary of State (Theresa Villiers) commissioned an independent review following the severe flooding in South Yorkshire in November 2019. The River Don recorded its highest ever peak flows …

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14 Jul 2020 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Flood and coastal erosion risk management policy

UIN: HLWS351 My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (George Eustice) has today made the following statement: I recognise the immense impacts that flooding and coastal erosion can have on homes and …

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2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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4 Mar 2016 | Policy paper Environment Agency linked

River Thames Scheme: strategy appraisal report

The report describes the Environment Agency's Flood Risk Management (FRM) strategy for the 100 year period to 2110 between Datchet and Teddington.

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2015

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13 Jul 2015 | Consultation outcome Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Environment Agency Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Planning application process: statutory consultee arrangements — outcome published

Consultation on measures aimed at ensuring more effective provision of advice to local planning authorities in relation to surface water drainage management.

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↓ Further changes to statutory consultee arrangements for the… (12pp) ↓ Annex A: list of respondents (4pp)
29 Jan 2015 | Consultation outcome Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Environment Agency Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Planning application process: statutory consultee arrangements — consultation closed

Consultation on measures aimed at ensuring more effective provision of advice to local planning authorities in relation to surface water drainage management.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Further changes to statutory consultee arrangem… (18pp)
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↓ Further changes to statutory consultee arrangements for the… (12pp) ↓ Annex A: list of respondents (4pp)

2014

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18 Dec 2014 | Consultation outcome Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Environment Agency Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Planning application process: statutory consultee arrangements — consultation opened

Consultation on measures aimed at ensuring more effective provision of advice to local planning authorities in relation to surface water drainage management.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Further changes to statutory consultee arrangem… (18pp)
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↓ Further changes to statutory consultee arrangements for the… (12pp) ↓ Annex A: list of respondents (4pp)

2013

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2010

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