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Planting the right tree, in the right place, can help manage flooding, improve water quality, and support aquatic habitats. Find out more in the collection of resources below.
This guidance is for the Environment Agency and lead local flood authorities on their responsibilities when preparing flood risk management plans.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
Register your home or business in England, Scotland or Wales to receive flood warnings and find out how to check flood risk in Northern Ireland
Increase flood resilience with Natural Flood Management
These documents give information about some of the local schemes and strategies to manage flood and coastal erosion risk in England.
How the Environment Agency and partners responded to the flooding of winter 2015, and action plans to protect affected communities.
The Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) is a working partnership between the Environment Agency and Met Office.
Review of how we assess flood risk, reduce the likelihood of flooding, and make the country as resilient as possible to flooding.
What the reservoir flood maps show, how they were created and how to use them for your assessments.
What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
This project created and tested models to predict floods from a combination of high water levels below the surface and runoff from near the surface.
Sand has begun to be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point, reducing the risk of flooding for Lincolnshire’s coastal communities.
Increase flood resilience with natural flood management.
The RFCC chair appointments have been announced.
When and how risk management authorities should use climate change allowances for flood and coastal risk projects, schemes and strategies.
What happens when the Environment Agency stops maintaining a flood or coastal erosion defence, how to challenge the decision and how to manage your risk afterwards.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
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