by westoncompliance | May 29, 2026 | Environment, Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, Planning, Risk Assessment, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated the ‘Research the development site’ and ‘Get information about other sources of flood risk’ sections, of their guidance on when a flood risk assessment as part of your planning application is required,...
by westoncompliance | May 29, 2026 | Environment, Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, Risk Assessment, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated the standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment, specifically the ‘What to include in your FRA’.This section now contains more information regarding what is needed in the FRA regarding surface water...
by westoncompliance | May 29, 2026 | Environment, Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated the guidance on what information local planning authorities need to include in a strategic flood risk assessment.The sections affected are the ‘Mapped flood risk from all sources’ and ‘Expected effects of...
by westoncompliance | May 29, 2026 | Environment, Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated the guidance on how to carry out a flood risk assessment to complete a planning application, specifically the section on Floor Levels.This section now contains more information regarding surface water flooding and its effect on...
by westoncompliance | Feb 13, 2026 | Environment, Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Pollution, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has published new guidance on how to apply for an environmental permit for an activity in England that could cause pollution, increase flood risk or affect land drainage.Read more…Source: EA.
by westoncompliance | Oct 23, 2025 | Environment, Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, Risk Assessment, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated the ‘Sequential and exception tests’ section with more details on when a development is exempt from the sequential test.Read more…Source: EA.
by westoncompliance | Oct 23, 2025 | Environment, Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated the ‘Sequential and exception tests’ section with more details on when a development is exempt from the sequential test.Read more…Source: EA.
by westoncompliance | Aug 28, 2025 | Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, Risk Assessment, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has updated information on four pages due to planned changes to flood map for planning, recent policy changes to national planning policy framework (NPPF), publication of a fire risk assessment (FRA) template, and new national standards for...
by westoncompliance | Jun 26, 2025 | Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, UK, Water
The Environment Agency (EA) has reinstated this RPS after clarifying which activities are covered by the RPS; made the general and activity specific conditions clearer and more risk-based; included new activities focusing on habitat restoration, nature-based solutions...
by westoncompliance | May 2, 2025 | Environment, Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Groundwater, Onshore, Permits and Licences, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) have updated the application forms collection, by adding links to the following forms.Application for new ground source or surface water source heating and cooling scheme: part B8,Application for an environmental permit: part B9 bespoke...
by westoncompliance | Apr 11, 2025 | Environment, Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, Planning, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has amended this guidance to signpost new guidance on how to use the flood risk datasets shown on the ‘Flood Map for Planning’.Additional guidance has been provided to ensure flood risk assessments (FRAs) appraise the...
by westoncompliance | Apr 11, 2025 | Environment, Environment Agency, Flood Risk, Onshore, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has provided additional guidance to ensure flood risk assessments (FRAs) appraise the suitability of flood risk datasets before use.Read more…Source: EA.
