Guidance

Exempt flood risk activities: environmental permits

Find out about flood risk activity exemptions, which used to need flood defence consent, and how to register them.

Applies to England

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Find out if your flood risk activity on or near a main river or sea defence is exempt from environmental permitting regulations.

If you plan to do any other activities on or near a main river that are not listed as exempt activities, check which permits you might need to do work.

Updates to this page

Published 6 April 2016
Last updated 25 February 2020 + show all updates
  1. FRA11 updated to clarify that the exemption applies to single access platforms only.

  2. This guidance has been re-written to meet GOV.UK standards and to make it clearer and easier for customers to use.

  3. First published.

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