New flood insurance scheme for properties at risk Over recent years, the UK has been affected severely by a number of winter storms. Which is resulting in coastal damage and widespread, persistent flooding. December 2015 was the warmest and wettest for over 100 years. That resulted in widespread flooding across Cumbria and North-east Scotland,
How will new climate change allowances impact development proposals? The Environment Agency (EA) have published new guidance on climate change allowances for flood risk assessments and strategic flood risk assessments. These were published on 19th February 2016, which can be found here. The EA have produced these new guidelines based on the most recent
Progress has been made on a number of flood risk management schemes in the south-west. This helps reduce flood risk to local residents and businesses. This helps to form a more sustainable approach towards flood risk management. The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and Environment Agency’s Steart Marshes scheme are the UK’s biggest ever coastal
