A consultation is launching (1 March) on Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) priorities and actions in managing the risk of flooding in Wales over the next six years.

NRW has a strategic oversight role for flood and coastal erosion risk management which involves the general supervision and communication of flood and coastal erosion risk management in Wales. It also has powers to manage flooding from main rivers and the sea.

The new Flood Risk Management Plan (FRMP), which replaces NRW’s previous plan produced in 2015, covers all of Wales and provides information on the scale of flood risk from main rivers, reservoirs and the sea.

It sets out proposed measures NRW will take to support Wales’ communities to become more resilient to the impacts of the climate emergency and adapt to climate change, as well as measures to support nature’s recovery by improving the resilience of Wales’ ecosystems to a warming climate.

The FRMP is split into a national section, covering all of Wales, and six local sections, which cover the different operational areas within NRW.

The local sections provide more detail at the local scale for people to understand what is happening in the communities they live and work in.

Further information from NRW can be read here.