Guidance

Defining which areas and properties benefit from FCERM investment

This guidance describes how to define an area benefitting from FCERM investment and how to count the properties within it.

From:
Environment Agency
Published
3 March 2026
Last updated
22 June 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Defining which areas and properties benefit from investment

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A benefit area shows land and the property and infrastructure within it that will receive a flood or coastal erosion risk benefit from a particular investment. This guidance provides instructions on: 

  • defining project benefit areas 
  • counting the properties benefitting within those areas
  • data and information to use

Updates to this page

Published 3 March 2026
Last updated 22 June 2026 — Show all updates

  1. Added section 2.7 strategies and studies, 2.8 habitat creation and restoration and 2.9 recording your properties benefitting

  2. First published.

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