Statutory guidance

Regional flood defence and land drainage byelaws

Check what activities and locations apply to the byelaws.

From:: Environment Agency
Published: 28 September 2022

Documents

Regional flood defence and land drainage byelaws: activities and locations covered by the byelaws

Anglian region flood defence and land drainage byelaws

North West region flood defence and land drainage byelaws

Northumbrian region flood defence and land drainage byelaws

South West region flood defence and land drainage byelaws

Southern region flood defence and land drainage byelaws

Thames region flood defence and land drainage byelaws

Midlands and Severn Trent region flood defence and land drainage byelaws

Yorkshire region flood defence and land drainage byelaws

Wessex region flood defence and land drainage byelaws

Details

You must follow these byelaws when carrying out activities:

on or near a main river
on or near a flood defence structure
in a flood plain
on or near a sea defence

You are breaking the law if you do not follow them and your activities increase flood risk or cause harm to land drainage or the environment.

Published 28 September 2022