Corporate report

Witham South Forty Foot Drain - Fens 2100+ baseline evidence report and appendices

This report provides, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of flood risk and asset performance across the South Forty Foot Drain catchment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 2 April 2026

Applies to England

Documents

South Forty Foot Drain - Fens 2100+ baseline evidence report

PDF, 19 MB, 40 pages

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South Forty Foot Drain - Fens 2100+ baseline economic appraisal report

PDF, 8.62 MB, 174 pages

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South Forty Foot Drain - Fens 2100+ environmental and agricultural baseline

PDF, 5.5 MB, 114 pages

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South Forty Foot Drain - Fens 2100+ flood risk baseline

PDF, 4.69 MB, 52 pages

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South Forty Foot Drain - Fens 2100+ natural capital register and account

PDF, 3.38 MB, 73 pages

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Details

More detailed evidence is available in the following technical appendices:

• Baseline economic appraisal report: an evaluation of key receptors at risk of flooding across the catchment focusing on defining broad economic impacts
• Environmental and agricultural baseline: a catchment-scale environmental and agricultural baseline for the catchment
• Flood risk baseline: a catchment-scale assessment of current and future flood risk for the catchment
• Natural capital register and account: an assessment of the natural capital assets within the catchment

Due to the sensitivity of the data the asset baseline technical appendix is not currently available. We are working on a publicly available version.

Published 2 April 2026