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River Thames Scheme excluded from consultation on Flood Defence Partnership Funding Policy Reform?

Posted on June 3, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

I received the following from the Thames RFCC today:


Defra launched a public consultation [open for eight weeks] on Investment Reform today (Tuesday 03 June), announced by Minister Hardy at the Flood & Coast Conference. This proposes major updates to the Partnership Funding policy ahead of the next investment programme starting April 2026.

Key proposals include:

·       A simplified approach to funding new flood resilience projects

·       A proposed approach to prioritising flood resilience projects

The consultation also includes a Call for Evidence on longer-term options exploring alternative funding sources and devolution.

The Environment Agency has collaborated closely with Defra to develop the proposal and therefore will not be submitting a response. We are encouraging all local and national stakeholders to respond to the consultation. 

Please see a link to the consultation documents Reforming our approach to floods funding – Defra – Citizen Space


My comments will be published after I have considered the consultation document.  I may be mistaken but it looks like the River Thames Scheme has been specifically identified to be excluded from the process.  I wonder why?  Multiple reasons to follow…………

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