The Environment Agency has published Flood Risk Management Plans.

At least one in six people in England are at risk from flooding from rivers and the sea with many more at risk from surface water flooding. With a rapidly changing climate, adapting what we do and improving our overall resilience is more important than ever before.

The EA said in a release that ‘we listened to what people told us during the public consultation in October 2021 and we value what you value too. The importance of partnerships to deliver actions, the need to strengthen a catchment approach so we work with and better recognise the value of the natural environment and the places we live and work in.  In addition, we need to rise to the challenge of making infrastructure resilient to flooding while reducing carbon use.

These plans will help us to:

• identify measures (actions) that will reduce the likelihood and consequences of flooding
• inform the delivery of existing flood programmes
• improve resilience of people and places to plan for, respond to, and recover from flooding and coastal change
• plan and adapt to a changing climate through developing longer-term, adaptive approaches, and
• work in partnership to deliver wider resilience measures, such as nature based solutions.

There are great examples of this throughout the 10 FRMPs. For example

• The Environment Agency, in partnership with Warrington Borough Council and others, will engage local business and community groups to use property resilience and sustainable drainage to improve their resilience to flooding.
• The London Borough of Ealing will promote natural flood management techniques in Ealing to reduce risk of surface water flooding and improve the environment.

You can see what is planned for where you live and work on the Flood Plan Explorer.’

The Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs) can be found here.