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Tadcaster Flood Alleviation Scheme Proposals
We would like to share with you our proposals for the Tadcaster Flood Alleviation Scheme, and the Tadcaster weir fish pass. This scheme aims to enhance and upgrade the current flood defences, better protecting homes and businesses from flooding whilst also improving the water environment creating benefits for wildlife. Why does Tadcaster suffer from flooding? More Information The brewery town of Tadcaster is... MoreClosed 14 April 2023 -
End of Life Vehicles (ELV): appropriate measures for permitted facilities.
Draft guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to store and mechanically treat end of life vehicles (ELVs) This draft guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to store and treat end of life vehicles (ELVs). Current guidance exists in different places, and this provides an opportunity to refresh and consolidate existing guidance in one place. MoreClosed 17 April 2023 -
Dirtness Pumping Station Improvement Scheme Information Page
This information page provides an overview of the Dirtness Rationalisation Scheme and the catchment which the Dirtness Pump Station serves. Here you can read about the geography of the area, gain an understanding of our work, and read about the current situation and future of the Pump Station. Geography of the Area The Isle of Axholme is located across the East Riding of Yorkshire, Doncaster, North Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire. With areas of... MoreOpened 18 May 2023 -
Retford Flooding Information Page
This page is no longer available MoreOpened 19 June 2023 -
Keighley & Stockbridge FAS
Reducing Flood Risk, Helping Keighley to Thrive We can't prevent flooding from rivers and streams entirely, but we can reduce the risk of flooding. By working with our partners and people who are at risk, we can minimise its effects and reduce the damage it causes. Welcome to the Keighley and Stockbridge Flood Alleviation Scheme Information Page. We have created this page to share information and updates on the planned flood... MoreOpened 21 June 2023 -
Fleet Flood Alleviation Scheme: Reducing the risk of flooding in Fleet
We are developing ideas to reduce the risk of flooding in Fleet and Church Crookham from rivers and surface water. We are carrying out this work in partnership with Local Authorities and community groups in Fleet. The scheme does not yet have all the relevant permissions and funding to proceed. We are checking that proposals are cost effective, are buildable and do not adversely impact the environment. It cannot go ahead without the support of the community and partners. If... MoreOpened 27 July 2023 -
Reservoir Safety Reform Programme Information Page
This page is now closed and the contents have moved to a new platform. Please visit our new Reservoir Safety Reform Programme engagement page here: https://engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/reservoir-safety-reform MoreOpened 31 July 2023 -
Bourn Flood Risk Management Scheme
Page created 2 August 2023 - last updated 15 April 2025 This page has now closed please go to our new online Project Page The Bourn FRMS MoreOpened 2 August 2023 -
SEEBEYOND
Our Vision is to create a level playing field to help food companies realise ambitious environmental goals and transition to sustainability. The Environment Agency's SEEBEYOND project aims to improve the quality, transparency, and traceability of environmental data in the UK's Food and Drink Sector. It achieves this by standardising environmental metrics and data description to enable an automation of data exchange across different computer systems and platforms. SEEBEYOND is... MoreOpened 1 September 2023 -
Flood Risk Management: Maintenance work – East Midlands Area
The East Midlands Flood Risk Management Area covers the cities of Nottingham, Derby and Leicester, alongside towns, villages and countryside with a population of over 3 million people, and we maintain over 1300km of watercourse to help protect the >139,000 properties at risk of flooding. This page provides information on our maintenance work along watercourses that are designated as ‘Main Rivers’ in the East Midlands Area. The Environment Agency has powers to carry... MoreClosed 30 September 2023 -
Onshore oil and gas regulation - information page
The Environment Agency is the environmental regulator for onshore oil and gas operations in England. We ensure that oil and gas operations are carried out in a way that protects people and the environment. We work with a number of regulatory bodies to oversee shale gas exploration in England. The leaflets below explain more about the Environment Agency’s role and some of the controls that are in place to protect people and the environment. Environment Agency regulation... MoreClosed 30 September 2023 -
Extending civil sanction variable monetary penalty powers
In April and May 2023 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) ran a consultation on strengthening environmental sanctions . The consultation covered two areas: increasing the overall cap for variable monetary penalties in the Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010 from its current amount of £250,000 introducing powers to issue variable monetary penalties for the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.... MoreClosed 8 October 2023 -
Severn Stoke Flood Risk Management Scheme
Page created October 2023. Last updated 21 March 2025 Friday, 21 March 2025: This platform may be closing at the end of March 2025. In preparation for this, and while we investigate other options, we will be collating a distribution list so that we can update interested parties periodically. If you would like to be added to this list, please submit your name and email, referencing 'Severn Stoke' to us at: enquiries_westmids@environment-agency.gov.uk ... MoreOpened 12 October 2023 -
Nene Lock Reversals
Welcome to the River Nene Lock Reversal project. On the River Nene there are 38 locks. At seven of these locks, reversal has been used as a method of flood risk management during heavy rainfall and high river levels. The warnings we provide about lock reversal also signal to river users that the river is full and navigation is unsafe. We have been reviewing the effectiveness of this approach for many years and have decided that the benefits of lock reversal are... MoreOpened 18 October 2023 -
Sustainable Abstraction in East Anglia
Update - January 2025 This site has now been replaced by our new digital engagement platform, Engagement HQ. Please follow the link below to keep up-to-date with our Broads Sustainable Abstraction work. The Broads SAC - Sustainable Abstraction Plan | Engage Environment Agency The Environment Agency is England’s environmental regulator, and it is its duty to ensure that water supplies are sustainable for the future. If no action is taken now, many areas of... MoreOpened 2 November 2023 -
Standard Rules Consultation No 27 - Proposals for a new standard rules permit for capture, treatment, and storage of biogas from lagoons and tanks
The purpose of this consultation is to introduce a new standard rules permit for operators to collect and store biogas from a lagoon or tank and upgrade that biogas to biomethane. When the biogas meets the biomethane quality protocol and can be used in vehicles or injected to the electricity grid it will no longer be considered waste. The standard rule set is supported by a generic risk assessment to ensure that the risks to the environment and human health are reduced to an... MoreClosed 9 November 2023 -
Datchet to Hythe End Flood Improvement Measures - Welcome
Autumn 2024 public events Please see the details for these events below: Wraysbury Hub, Thursday 10 October 4.00 to 8.00pm,12a High St, Wraysbury, Staines-upon-Thames, Staines TW19 5DB Datchet Village Hall, Friday 11 October 10.30am to 2.30pm, Allen Way, Datchet, Slough SL3 9HR Old Windsor Memorial Hall, Tuesday 15th October 4.30 to 8.30pm, Straight Rd, Old Windsor, Windsor SL4 2RN The Hythe Centre, Thursday 24th October 12.30... MoreOpened 24 November 2023 -
Environment Agency charge proposal for notified international waste shipments
The Environment Agency has an obligation to recover the costs of regulating waste shipments subject to notification controls (known as notified waste) through charges to waste importers and exporters. We review our charging schemes regularly and consult with the public whenever we make changes. The most recent amendments to the international waste shipment (IWS) charges took place in 2012. Waste shipment notification controls aim to protect the environment and human health during the... MoreClosed 29 November 2023 -
Boston Barrier
The Boston Barrier Scheme is an Environment Agency led project, working to provide better protection from tidal flooding to over 14,000 homes and businesses in the town of Boston, Lincolnshire. The first phase of construction was completed in December 2020, two years after construction on the project began. The first phase included the centrepiece of the scheme, the primary barrier gate. The primary barrier gate and associate flood walls now better protect more than 13,500... MoreOpened 30 November 2023 -
Yaverland Coastal Defence Scheme: Short List Consultation
The Environment Agency and Isle of Wight Council are working together to manage coastal erosion and flood risk from the sea. Climate change is bringing more frequent and severe floods and storm events. The coastal defences in Yaverland include the sea wall and groynes. The beach also provides an important role by protecting the coastline behind it. The sea wall and groynes are in a poor condition and are reaching the end of their useful life. Without intervention the risk and severity of... MoreClosed 1 December 2023 -
Shanklin Coastal Defence Scheme: Short List Consultation
The Environment Agency and Isle of Wight Council are working together to manage coastal erosion and flood risk from the sea. Climate change is bringing more frequent and severe floods and storm events. The coastal defences in Shanklin include the sea wall and groynes. The beach also provides an important role by protecting the coastline behind it. The sea wall and groynes are in a poor condition and are reaching the end of their useful life. Without intervention the risk and severity of... MoreClosed 1 December 2023 -
Bletchley Landfill Site
Welcome to Bletchley Landfill Site community briefing page As the primary regulator of Bletchley Landfill, we publish this page to share information about the landfill site and to outline some of our activities to keep the public informed. We aim to provide updates every 6-8 weeks. Our Objective We are responsible for granting or refusing environmental permits, setting the conditions, and making sure that permit holders comply... MoreOpened 13 December 2023 -
Environmental permit competence requirements. Changes to technically competent manager attendance – second consultation
Operators applying for an environmental permit for a ‘relevant waste operation’ must be members of (and comply with) a government approved technical competency scheme. Most existing waste environmental permit holders must also comply with a government approved technical competency scheme through the conditions in their permits. In this consultation we are asking for your views on the details of the preferred approach for calculating technically competent manager (TCM) attendance and... MoreClosed 14 December 2023 -
Castle Mill Sluice Decommissioning Project
Welcome This is the Environment Agency's information page dedicated to essential construction work at Castle Mill Sluice, on the River Great Ouse, Bedford. The Environment Agency is carrying out the decommissioning of the mechanical and electrical components of Castle Mill Sluice and replacing the three gates with a fixed weir structure. In addition, we will remove the operators bridge, this will provide aesthetic benefits and once works are complete, the bridge will be... MoreClosed 31 December 2023 -
Matlock Flood Wall
Construction Update August 2023 Jackson Civil Engineering are working on behalf of the Environment Agency to build a replacement flood defence at Matlock and reinstate flood protection from the River Derwent. Our project is being delivered in partnership with Derbyshire County Council and Derbyshire Dales District Council. Construction of the flood wall is now complete, with the entire wall and tie in sections fully cladded with locally sourced... MoreClosed 1 January 2024 -
Heacham bathing waters
Bathing water designation Bathing waters are designated at locations where an interest group or owner of a potential bathing water has applied to Defra and been successful in getting the water designated as a bathing water. That location will be tested by us during the bathing water season and given a classification. Designation does not necessarily mean that the site meets water quality standards or is safe to swim in. Bathing water season The Bathing Water... MoreOpened 15 January 2024 -
Buckden Landfill Site
Welcome to Buckden Landfill Site community briefing page. As the primary regulator of Buckden Landfill, we publish this page to share information about the landfill site and to outline some of our activities to keep the public informed. We aim to provide updates monthly. Our Role Our role as an environmental regulator is to work with people and businesses. We provide advice and guidance and help them do the right thing for people... MoreOpened 25 January 2024 -
Maidenhead Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme
The Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme The Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme is made up of a combination of different elements in to reduce flood risk in the area. These include Cookham - flood walls, flood gates and earth embankments North Maidenhead - flood walls and an earth embankment The Jubilee Flood Relief Channel These were designed to work together to reduce the risk of flooding to approximately 3,000... MoreOpened 1 February 2024 -
Guildford Flood Alleviation Scheme
Introduction The Environment Agency, Guildford Borough Council, and Surrey County Council are working together to find a sustainable flood risk management scheme for Guildford town centre. The scheme will: improve the natural environment build better connections between Guildford town centre and the River Wey Guildford has a long history of flooding from the... MoreOpened 2 February 2024 -
Farlington Marshes Project Survey
The Farlington Marshes Project Team is working alongside Portsmouth City Council, Hampshire and Isle of Wight WildlifeTrust and Natural England for a sustainable solution to flood risk management at Farlington Marshes. More can be found at Farlington Marshes Project information page - Environment Agency - Citizen Space (environment-agency.gov.uk) We are seeking public opinion to gain a better understanding of how the marshes are used by its visitors. MoreClosed 19 February 2024
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