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Draft river basin management plans: 2021

River basin management plans (RBMPs) describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed and funded.

These are the draft RBMPs for each river basin district (RBD). Consultation on the draft plans closed in April 2022. The river basin management plans: updated 2022 are now published.

You can read a summary of the responses on the draft river basin management plans consultation page. A consultation on the draft flood risk management plans 2021 to 2027 ran at the same time for 3 months from 22 October 2021.

RBMPs in England, Wales and Scotland

Use the river basin district map to find the area you are interested in.

There are 11 RBDs in England and Wales. The Environment Agency manages the 7 RBDs in England.

Natural Resources Wales manage the Western Wales RBD. Natural Resources Wales and the Environment Agency jointly manage the Dee and Severn RBDs. See the RBMPs for Western Wales and Dee on the Natural Resources Wales website.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency manage the Scotland RBD. Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the Environment Agency jointly manage the Solway Tweed RBD. See the Scotland RBD and the Solway Tweed RBMP on the Scottish Environment Protection Agency website.

Guide to the draft river basin management plans

The draft RBMPs consist of documents and online systems which present the data and maps. You can view, print or download draft RBMP data using these systems. There are also links to downloadable data in the documents. The guide to the draft river basin management plans explains how the documents and data systems make up the draft RBMPs.

Anglian RBD

These links and documents form the Anglian RBD dRBMP. You can access:

Humber RBD

These links and documents form the Humber RBD dRBMP. You can access:

Northumbria RBD

These links and documents form the Northumbria RBD dRBMP. You can access:

North West RBD

These links and documents form the North West RBD dRBMP. You can access:

Severn RBD

These links and documents form the Severn RBD dRBMP. You can access:

South East RBD

These links and documents form the South East RBD dRBMP. You can access:

South West RBD

These links and documents form the South West RBD dRBMP. You can access:

Thames RBD

These links and documents form the Thames RBD dRBMP. You can access:

Published 22 October 2021
Last updated 22 December 2022 + show all updates
  1. Updated tense to reflect that the 2022 river basin management plans are the current plans approved by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in December 2022.

  2. Removed the link for the draft river basin management plans consultation and added a link to the summary of responses.

  3. Updated to reflect that the consultation on the draft river basin management plans 2021 has closed and we are analysing feedback.

  4. First published.