Find out about flood risk management plans
Welcome to Flood Plan Explorer. This website presents the objectives and measures for the second cycle Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs). You can find out more about the plans on the Defra website.
Important information about measures
Note: FRMP measures are strategic by nature, and should not be interpreted to be providing protection or flood risk reduction at a detailed level, for example on a property basis. The measure information reflects the situation at the time of publication, this includes the outcomes that could be achieved. These outcomes may change, particularly where measures are in the early stages of development and opportunities and risks are not confirmed. Not all measures have secured funding and so they're not all guaranteed to be implemented. All measures on the Flood Plan Explorer apply to England only.
Measures are applied at various scales on the Flood Plan Explorer. See the relevant plan for more details or browse different scales in the same area to find further measures. All maps can be opened in a larger full screen view using the button beneath the zoom controls for easier navigation.
Contents
National Measures
National measures cover day to day work done by the Environment Agency and Lead Local Flood Authorities in England.
- The Environment Agency is responsible for the national-level measures that apply to every FRA for main rivers and the sea.
- The Environment Agency will seek to implement these national-level measures as part of its routine day to day work as a risk management authority.
For Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) National measures:
- LLFAs are responsible for the national-scale measures that apply to every flood risk area for surface water. Some of these measures are a statutory duty (the work is required by law) and others are optional.
- LLFAs implement their day to day work in different ways depending on local priorities, funding and resources. You should look at LLFA websites and their local flood risk management strategies for more information on how they carry out their day to day work.
Please select a measure to find more information.
Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) National measures
- Act as a consultee for major planning applications in their area
- Designate third party flood risk assets and maintain a register of designated flood risk assets in their area
- Implement relevant government guidance on taking climate change into account where necessary for flood risk decision making in their area
- Investigate local flood events where appropriate and necessary in their area
- Maintain, keep under review, apply and monitor a local flood risk management strategy in their area
- Plan flood risk management projects to achieve wider environmental benefits where appropriate in their area
- Provide information to inform spatial and infrastructure planning, development and regeneration in their area
- Regulate the condition of and third party activity on ordinary watercourses and review new works on ordinary watercourses in their area
- Start implementing steps to work towards net zero carbon in their area
- Support communities to increase their resilience to flooding in their area
- Support emergency response partners and communities to plan, prepare and exercise for future flood scenarios in their area
- Take a risk based approach to develop and maintain a register of flood risk assets/features in their area
- Work in partnership with other risk management authorities to reduce the risk of flooding from all sources in their area
- Work with other flood asset owners and riparian landowners to raise awareness of, and where necessary enforce, maintenance responsibilities in their area
- Work with other risk management authorities to identify a programme of nature based approaches in their area
- Work with other risk management authorities to provide information where necessary to update flood maps in their area
- Work with other risk management authorities to support the delivery of flood projects in their area
- Work with others to support communities through the recovery phase of a significant flood event in their area
Environment Agency National measures
- Continue to review flood events to improve and develop flood services in England
- Designate flood risk assets where necessary in England
- Drive down carbon emissions and deliver the required flood risk management outcomes when planning and carrying out flood risk management works in England
- In its strategic overview role, work with risk management authorities, including facilitating effective partnerships in local places in England
- Invest in flood risk management projects to contribute to improving the natural, built and historic environments
- Issue and maintain guidance on taking climate change into account for flood risk decision making in England
- Maintain and update a database of its flood risk assets in England
- Monitor weather, tidal, rainfall and river conditions to provide flood forecasts in England
- Plan all flood risk management projects in England to achieve biodiversity net gain and wider environmental benefits
- Plan all flood risk management projects in England to help achieve river basin management plan objectives
- Provide quality and timely planning advice to help avoid inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding in England
- Regulate large raised reservoirs in England
- Regulate new works to main rivers and sea defences in England
- Respond to flood events and support other emergency responders in England
- Support communities to increase their resilience to flooding in England
- Take a risk based approach to inspect, maintain and operate assets in England
- Take targeted enforcement action where there are blockages or unpermitted structures in England
- Understand the long term needs of its assets and plan for their whole life management in England
- Work with catchment partnerships, communities and other risk management authorities to maximise the use of nature based solutions in England
- Work with emergency response partners to issue appropriate flood warnings in England
- Work with emergency response partners to plan, prepare and exercise for future flood scenarios in England
- Work with local planning authorities, developers and other place makers in England
- Work with research partners and the wider scientific community in England
- Work with risk management authorities and other partners to implement the National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy in England
- Work with risk management authorities to identify a programme of future flood risk management projects in England
- Work with risk management authorities to maintain and update where necessary flood maps in England
- Work with risk management authorities to support the delivery of flood risk management projects in England