Policy papers and consultations

The latest update on monitored groundwater levels and whether there are any groundwater alerts or warnings in force.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 16 April 2024

• Thames: groundwater situation: 16 April 2024

  Current situation Groundwater levels have responded to recent rainfall and…

The Crescent flood defence and river restoration project, Bude, north Cornwall.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 16 April 2024

• Bude: improving flood defences and habitats

  Background The Bude flood defence and river restoration scheme is a £2.1…

How the Environment Agency plans to reduce flood risk in Oxford.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 15 April 2024

• Oxford Flood Scheme

  The Environment Agency is working in partnership on a major new scheme to…

Information on the Guildford flood alleviation scheme.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 20 March 2024

The government response to National Infrastructure Commission’s study about reducing the risk of surface water flooding.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 13 March 2024

Seeking views on our plans to update how internal drainage boards allocate their costs to farmers and local authorities.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 7 March 2024

How the Environment Agency and Surrey County Council plan to reduce flood risk in Surrey and South West London.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 5 March 2024

The scheme will increase storage capacity and involve construction of an embankment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 16 January 2024

Working in partnership to better protect communities from flooding.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 9 January 2024

These documents provide information on how the water environment is managed in the English part of the Solway Tweed River Basin District.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Information on the mechanisms (policy, legal or financial tools) that underpin the draft summary programme of measures which translate measures into outcomes for the water environment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 January 2024

What the Environment Agency is doing to reduce the risk of flooding on the Somerset Levels and Moors.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 5 December 2023

Arrangements on how to manage flood risk in the River Arun internal drainage district (IDD).

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 17 October 2023

A research and development project investigating the use of eco-blocks as a potential material to be used in future flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 5 October 2023

What the Environment Agency is doing to manage the risk of flooding in Calstock, Cornwall, from the River Tamar.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 26 September 2023

An update on the joint reservoir safety reform programme being implemented in England by Defra and the Environment Agency.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 1 September 2023

Review of the grant agreement between Defra and the Canal & River Trust.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 11 July 2023

Details of consultation on the River Thames Scheme

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 27 June 2023

Information on flood risk for the Thames river basin district from 2021 to 2027 and a summary of the aims and actions needed to manage the risk.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 18 April 2023

Information on flood risk for the South West river basin district from 2021 to 2027 and a summary of the aims and actions needed to manage the risk.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 18 April 2023