Policy paper

Programme of flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) schemes

The Environment Agency manages government investment to reduce flood risk and coastal erosion in England.

From:
Environment Agency
Published
12 April 2010
Last updated
1720 March 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Programme and asset management information and data including interactive map

https://environment.data.gov.uk/asset-management/index.html

List of schemes invested in between April 2026 and March 2027

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 69.569.4 KB

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Details

Government has committed a 3-year investment of £4.2 billion to reduce risk from, and increase resilience to, flooding and coastal erosion. This investment covers the period from April 2026 to March 2029. Government’s new flood funding policy will be implemented from 1 April 2026.

The programme published on 17 March 2026 includes information about projects that will receive an allocation between 1 April 2026 and 31 March 2027.

This 3-year commitment will benefit homes and non-residential properties such as:

  • shops
  • business and industrial premises
  • schools
  • hospitals
  • transport links
  • utility sites

The Environment Agency is committed to reducing the risk of flooding. This includes the risk of flooding from:

  • rivers
  • the sea
  • groundwater
  • surface water

We develop projects to reduce flooding and coastal erosion by working with:

  • local authorities
  • internal drainage boards
  • water companies
  • local communities
  • environmental non-governmental organisations

The regional flood and coastal committees (RFCCs) support this approach and have consented to the programme. 

Future investment in multiyear projects is subject to change and the outcome of both annual RFCC consenting and the future spending reviews.

In June 2025, government announced further information on the longer-term investment programme with the publication of UK’s 10-year Infrastructure Strategy. This strategy commits to £7.9 billion of capital investment in building and repairing flood defences over 10 years from April 2026 to March 2036. This investment will benefit 840,000 properties by reducing the risk of flooding.

On 3 March 2026 the Environment Agency published the new flood and coastal erosion risk management funding policy guidance.  This guidance explains how government’s new funding policy will work in practice for new project opportunities.

Updates to this page

Published 12 April 2010
Last updated 1720 March 2026 + show all updates

  1. Minor spreadsheet amendments to change some project location related information.

  2. Added the 3-year investment programme covering April 2026 to March 2029 and list of schemes for April 2026 to March 2027. Removed old spreadsheets related to historic schemes.

  3. Added the list of FCERM schemes invested in between April 2024 and March 2025

  4. Minor amendments to the 25-26 list of projects to correct some constituency and location information.

  5. Additional paragraph added in details about the £140m programme, plus the two ODS spreadsheets added, covering the full programme and the projects in the £140m programme.

  6. Updated page to reflect the government's 2 year investment in flood and coastal erosion risk management.

  7. Details on new capital programme that runs from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2027 added.

  8. We have reviewed and published the updated programme.

  9. Programme updated. New link to data.gov added. Programme spreadsheet removed.

  10. Updated infographic added.

  11. Programme document, and interactive map updated.

  12. Interactive map being updated. Link removed.

  13. Update to text reflecting allocations beyond 2021 and other minor changes.

  14. Please note that the project stages for some projects have been revised. This only affects projects which were previously showing as in construction which are actually in development or pipeline stages of the programme

  15. Programme document, infographic and interactive map updated.

  16. Interactive Map being updated. Link removed.

  17. Link to interactive map re-instated.

  18. Interactive map is being updated. Link removed.

  19. Interactive map is being updated.

  20. Programme document and interactive map updated.

  21. Interactive map: date expected to be available updated.

  22. Interactive map is being updated. Link removed.

  23. Because the Chancellor of the Exchequer agreed to bring forward up to £60 million of flood risk management funding, more projects are now in the 6 year programme. Environment Agency have published a list of these projects as a spreadsheet and on a map.

  24. Link to long term investment scenarios 2014 added

  25. The Environment Agency has published a programme of flood and coastal erosion risk management that shows investment for the next 6 years. This is for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2021.

  26. First published.

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