Policy paper

South West river basin district flood risk management plan

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.

Applies to England

Documents

South West flood risk management plan (part B)

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Habitats regulations assessment: full report

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FRMP annex 1

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Details

The flood risk management plan (FRMP) is split into 7 documents. These are:

  • part a - includes the legislative background and information for all river basin districts
  • part b - includes detail about each catchment, the flood risk areas and other strategic areas
  • post adoption statement - an announcement of the adoption of the FRMP in accordance with the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 (as amended)
  • strategic environmental assessment statement of particulars - includes the potential impacts on people and the environment when implementing the measures in the FRMP
  • habitat regulations assessment - details the potential impacts on designated European sites when implementing the measures in the FRMP
  • habitats regulations assessment - non-technical summary
  • annex 1 - provides the implementation status of each measure published in the first FRMP cycle

Detailed measure information for the South West river basin district and other smaller administrative boundaries within the RBD is available on the flood plan explorer.

The first cycle flood risk management plans for 2015 to 2021 are available on The National Archives.

Updates to this page

Published 17 March 2016
Last updated 18 April 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated the statement of environmental particulars and post-adoption statement to state the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) report is available by requesting it through the Environment Agency National Customer Contact Centre.

  2. Flood risk management plans for 2021 to 2027 have replaced the plans for 2015 to 2021.

  3. First published.

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