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All rights reserved. This document may be reproduced with prior permission of the Environment Agency. December 2010 Introduction

I am pleased to introduce our summary of the River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan (CFMP). This CFMP gives an overview of the flood risk in the River Trent catchment and sets out our preferred plan for sustainable flood risk management over the next 50 to 100 years.

The River Trent CFMP is one of 77 CFMPs for properties (both residential and commercial) and and Wales. Through the CFMPs, we have assessed 45,473 people at risk in the catchment in a 1% inland flood risk across all of England and Wales for flood event. However, it is expected that both of these the first time. The CFMP considers all types of inland figures could rise quite significantly within the next flooding, from rivers, ground water, surface water 50 to 100 years by which point some 62,027 properties and tidal flooding, but not flooding directly from the and 134,206 people could be affected by flooding in a sea (coastal flooding), which is covered by Shoreline 1% event. Management Plans (SMPs). Our coverage of surface We cannot reduce flood risk on our own, we will and ground water is however limited due to a lack of therefore work closely with all our partners to improve available information. the co-ordination of flood risk activities and agree The role of CFMPs is to establish flood risk management the most effective way to manage flood risk in policies which will deliver sustainable flood risk the future. Amongst others, Local Authorities, Natural management for the long term. This is essential if we England, the Forestry Commission, the National are to make the right investment decisions for the Farmers Union (NFU), the National Park Authority, and future and to help prepare ourselves effectively for a number of Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) have been the impact of climate change. We will use CFMPs to involved in the formulation of this plan. help us target our limited resources where the risks This is a summary of the main CFMP document, if you are greatest. need to see the full document an electronic version This CFMP identifies flood risk management policies to can be obtained by emailing enquiries@environment- assist all key decision makers in the catchment. It was agency.gov.uk alternatively paper copies can be produced through a wide consultation and appraisal viewed at any of our offices in . process, however it is only the first step towards an integrated approach to Flood Risk Management. As we all work together to achieve our objectives, we must monitor and listen to each other's progress, discuss what has been achieved and consider where we may need to review parts of the CFMP.

The River Trent catchment area has a long history of river, tidal and surface water flooding. At present it Mark Sitton-Kent is estimated that there are approximately 22,851 Director - Midlands

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 1 Contents

The purpose of a CFMP in managing flood risk 3

Catchment overview 4

Current and future flood risk 6

Future direction for flood risk management 10

Sub areas 1 Axholme and North West 12 2 Sherwood 14 3 Peaks and Moorlands 16 4 Shelford to Gainsborough 18 5 Burton, and 20 6 Mid Staffs and Lower Tame 22 7 West Staffs 24 8 Rural 26 9 Upper Soar and Upper Anker 28 10 and 30

Map of CFMP policies 32

2 Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan The purpose of a CFMP in managing flood risk

CFMPs help us to understand the • IDBs, water companies and CFMPs aim to promote more scale and extent of flooding now other utilities to help plan their sustainable approaches to managing and in the future, and set policies activities in the wider context flood risk. The policies identified in for managing flood risk within the of the catchment; the CFMP will be delivered through a catchment. CFMPs should be used combination of different approaches. • Transportation planners; to inform planning and decision Together with our partners, we making by key stakeholders such as: • Land owners, farmers and will implement these approaches land managers that manage through a range of delivery plans, • The Environment Agency, who will and operate land for projects and actions. use the plan to guide decisions agriculture, conservation on investment in further plans, The relationship between the CFMP, and amenity purposes; projects or actions; delivery plans, strategies, projects • The public and businesses to and actions is shown in figure 1. • Local authorities who can use the enhance their understanding plan to inform spatial planning of flood risk and how it will activities and emergency be managed. planning;

Figure 1: The relationship between CFMPs, delivery plans, projects and actions

Policy planning • CFMPs and Shoreline Management Plans. • Action plans define requirement for delivery plans, projects and actions.

Policy delivery plans (see note) Projects and actions • Influence spatial planning to reduce risk • Make sure our spending delivers the best and restore floodplains. possible outcomes. • Prepare for and manage floods • Focus on risk based targets, for example (including local Flood Warning plans). numbers of households at risk. • Managing assets. • Water level management plans. • Land management and habitat creation. Note: Some plans may not be led by us – we may • Surface water management plans. identify the need and encourage their development.

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 3 Catchment overview

The River Trent CFMP covers the , Stoke-on-Trent, The CFMP area also has national entire River Trent Catchment from its Derby, and Nottingham. and international significance for source above Stoke-on-Trent down nature conservation with rivers and The physical characteristics of to Bridge. Beyond this the other habitats of high ecological the catchment vary significantly, River Trent flows into the importance. Designations in the including both low lying ground, Estuary. The CFMP area includes catchment include 316 Sites of such as the broad flat flood plains all of the River Trent’s tributaries, Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), of the Tame and Trent, and steep covering an area of 10,452km2. 17 of which fall within the 1% dramatic landscape, such as that Major tributaries join the Trent from flood outline, including entire in the National Park three main areas: watercourses such as the River in the northwest of the CFMP area. Blythe and the River Eye SSSIs and We also find that the geology, • The Peak District extensive areas, such as soil types and land use changes (Dove, Derwent and Erewash). the Washlands, and the considerably throughout the Humberhead Peatlands SSSIs. Two • Central Midlands catchment. Impervious upland Special Protection Areas (SPA), 15 (Sow, Tame and Soar). areas with thin, less productive Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), soils change into flatter, lowland • Lower catchment and one Ramsar site (Cop Mere mudstones with loamy soils. (Torne and Idle). – part of the Midlands Meres & Here agriculture is an important Mosses) also fall within the current Although 70% of the land use industry. As a result, the response 1% flood outline. The landscape in within the River Trent CFMP area is to rainfall and mechanisms the catchment is also designated agricultural, it is home to around of flooding vary immensely. for its importance. There are two six million people, containing It is important to understand statutory landscape designations in much of the metropolitan area of this variation when assessing the CFMP area, Chase Area Birmingham, which is the second flood risk, and in determining of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and largest city in the UK. The other appropriate means of managing the Peak District National Park of main urban areas of the catchment the flood risk. which less than 2.5% fall within the include the current 1% flood outline.

River Churnet, near Leek

4 Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan Map 1: Location and extent of River Trent CFMP Area

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 5 Current and future flood risk

Overview of the current were flooded in Girton alone. The distribution of flood risk from a 1% annual probability river flood, flood risk The most severe tidal flooding is illustrated in Map 2. Table 1 took place in October/November Flood risk has two components: summarises where there is flood 1954 as a result of a series of tidal the chance (probability) of a risk to more than 100 properties. surges, breaching defences on the particular flood and the impact (or We recognise that there is also a tidal River Trent. consequence) that the flood would potential risk from surface water have if it happened. The probability What is at risk? and groundwater flooding. Surface of a flood relates to the likelihood of water flooding is most associated a flood of that size occurring within Using a broadscale hydraulic with the steeper upland areas a one year period, it is expressed model we estimate that there are such as at , Stoke-on-Trent as a percentage. For example, a approximately 45,473 people and and Ashbourne. It also occurs 1% flood has a 1% chance or 0.01 22,851 residential and commercial in low-lying urban areas within probability of occurring in any one properties at risk in the catchment Birmingham, Leicester, Nuneaton year, and a 0.5% flood has a 0.5% from a 1% annual probability river and Loughborough, whilst a chance or 0.005 probability of flood. combination of heavy rainfall and occurring in any one year. The flood It is difficult to assess the current high can cause flooding risks quoted in this report are those impact of flooding to environmental around the lower tidal Trent, such as that take account of flood defences features. The catchment has a at Gainsborough and . already in place. number of designated sites which Furthermore, in rural areas of Charnwood, parts of Leicestershire The River Trent CFMP area has are at risk of flooding. However, and Cannock Chase, agricultural a long history of river, tidal and many of these sites contain habitats practices can result in surface water surface water flooding with earliest for which floods are a natural and flooding through high run-off rates reports dating back to 530 A.D. important occurrence which can from the land. The most significant river flooding be beneficial. There are also 51 on record occurred in February Scheduled Monuments which may Groundwater flooding associated 1795, on the River Trent at Burton, also be at risk of flooding. with spring emergence or high in Nottingham and Newark. Tidal Where is the risk? discharge rates into springs is flooding breached embankments not widespread in the catchment, at Morton and , with Due to the large size of the though could occur within the flooding extending to Lincoln. The Trent catchment and its varied sandstones of and flooding covered an area of more characteristics, it is very unlikely Cannock Chase. Flooding could also than 8,000ha to a depth of more that a single storm event would occur in the main Trent valley where than 3.0m in places. In March 1947, cause flooding throughout the aggregate extraction is undertaken, approximately 2,000 properties entire catchment. In the upper, due to water being transmitted were affected in Gainsborough, urbanised reaches of the catchment through subsurface layers to other however flood levels dropped flooding usually results from short locations. when the flood bank at Morton was intensive storms. Whilst in the lower breached, inundating 50,000 acres. reaches, prolonged or continuous However, further studies following In December 1965, flooding was rainfall, significant snowmelt, tidal on from the CFMP are needed by us widespread, and in places such as surges or most likely a combination and our partners to quantify these Matlock, was over 2m deep. In the of factors are required before water potential risks. winter of 2000, 19 properties levels will rise significantly.

6 Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan How we currently Table 1: Locations of towns and villages with 100 or more properties at manage risk risk in a 1% annual probability river flood Over the years, a number of Number of properties at risk Locations engineering schemes have been >5,000 Birmingham, Nottingham implemented throughout the catchment with the intention of 2,000 to 5,000 Derby, Leicester, villages and towns reducing the probability of flooding. within Idle catchment (including This activity includes: , Mansfield and ) • The construction of new flood defences. 1,000 to 2,000 Gainsborough, downstream of Gainsborough, • Maintaining and improving villages down to Newark existing flood defences and structures. 500 to 1,000 Loughborough • Maintaining river channels. 250 to 500 Mid Trent villages, Tamworth, • Maintenance of drainage to networks by Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) and landowners. 100 to 250 Burton-on-Trent, , Stapleford and , Hatton, • Maintenance of road drainage and sewers.

In addition to these engineering schemes, other flood risk Table 2: Critical infrastructure at risk management activities are carried out in the catchment. These include 15 Chemical/sewage 31 Sewage/water treatment activities which help to reduce the treatment works, plants probability of flooding and those that address the consequences of 54 Schools 4 Sites with radioactive substances flooding such as: 32 Caravan parks/hotels 2 Telephone exchanges • Understanding where flooding 13 Care homes 48 Waste management sites is likely by using flood risk 26 Emergency response centres 43.9km of A-road mapping. 39 Hospital and health centres 111.1km of Railway • Providing flood forecasting and warning services. 15 IPPC registered sites

• Working with Local Authorities to 230 Power (sub-stations) and gas influence the location, layout and 7 Railway stations design of new and redeveloped property and ensuring that

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 7 Map 2: Flood risk to property in a 1% annual probability river flood

Low level embankments are in place in the lower River Trent, protecting farmland from small frequent floods, whilst set back from the river, larger embankments protect urban areas from less frequent, but more severe flood events.

Flood storage areas in place include an on line storage reservoir at on the River Trent, and the River Wreake at Melton Mowbray. Off-line storage reservoirs have been implemented on the River Tame, upstream of Birmingham, where flood risk is high.

Flood alleviation schemes include a flood relief channel at Cannock; the flood storage scheme above Melton Mowbray; the tidal flood storage scheme at Flats, and the raised flood banks around Burton-upon-Trent; Gainsborough; Matlock; Nottingham (Queens Drive, and Bee Bank) and . In Axholme, land drainage pumps and drain network (owned and operated by the IDBs) provide some protection against flooding of low lying farm land and property, with the standard of protection estimated at approximately a 5% AEP flood event. only appropriate development In Midlands Central Area we is allowed on the floodplain currently maintain approximately Our Asset System Management through the application of 1,000km of main rivers and 62km teams carry out improvements on Planning Policy Statement 25 of raised defences along the Rivers our structures to manage flood risk, (PPS 25). Trent, Dove, Tame and major including repairs and larger capital tributaries in the Trent Catchment. schemes. • Promoting awareness of flooding This provides protection for about so that organizations, 32,000 people. In Midlands East communities and individuals Area we maintain over 1,100km are aware of the risk and are of main rivers and 550km of flood prepared in case they need to defences along the Rivers Trent, take action in time of flood. Derwent, Soar and major tributaries. • Promoting resilience and This provides protection up to a 1% resistance measures for those AEP flood event for approximately properties already in the 18,000 properties. floodplain.

8 Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan The impact of climate change and future flood risk

In the future, flooding will be Using river models we estimate influenced by climate change that within the next 50 to 100 years, (including sea level rise), urban the number of properties (both development and changes in the residential and commercial) at risk way that the land is used and of flooding during a 1% flood managed. In the River Trent CFMP event will rise from 22,851 to over area, climate change will have the 45,473. Furthermore the number greatest impact on flood risk. The of people at risk of flooding during following future scenario for climate a 1% flood event will also rise from change was used in the River Trent 62,027 to 134,206. CFMP: Figure 2 shows the difference • 20% increase in peak flow in all between current and future flood watercourses. This will increase risks from a 1% annual probability the probability of large-scale river flood at key locations in the flood events. catchment. Following on from the CFMP, organisations need to work • a total sea level rise of 1,000 together to investigate flood risk mm by the year 2100. This from other sources (e.g. surface will increase the probability of water and groundwater flooding) tidal flooding downstream of in more detail. Gainsborough from the River Trent.

Figure 2: Current and future (2100) flood risk to property from a 1% annual probability river flood.

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Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 9 Future direction for flood risk management

Approaches in each Map 3: The sub areas in the River Trent CFMP catchment sub area

We have divided the River Trent catchment into ten distinct sub areas which have similar physical characteristics, sources of flooding and levels of risk. We have identified the most appropriate approach to managing flood risk for each of the sub areas and allocated one of six generic flood risk management policies, shown in Table 3.

To select the most appropriate policy, the plan has considered how social, economic and environmental objectives are affected by flood risk management activities under each policy option.

10 Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan Table 3: Policy options > Policy 1 Areas of little or no flood risk where we will continue to monitor and advise This policy will tend to be applied in those areas where there are very few properties at risk of flooding. It reflects a commitment to work with the natural flood processes as far as possible.

> Policy 2 Areas of low to moderate flood risk where we can generally reduce existing flood risk management actions This policy will tend to be applied where the overall level of risk to people and property is low to moderate. It may no longer be value for money to focus on continuing current levels of maintenance of existing defences if we can use resources to reduce risk where there are more people at higher risk. We would therefore review the flood risk management actions being taken so that they are proportionate to the level of risk.

> Policy 3 Areas of low to moderate flood risk where we are generally managing existing flood risk effectively This policy will tend to be applied where the risks are currently appropriately managed and where the risk of flooding is not expected to increase significantly in the future. However, we keep our approach under review, looking for improvements and responding to new challenges or information as they emerge. We may review our approach to managing flood defences and other flood risk management actions, to ensure that we are managing efficiently and taking the best approach to managing flood risk in the longer term.

> Policy 4 Areas of low, moderate or high flood risk where we are already managing the flood risk effectively but where we may need to take further actions to keep pace with climate change This policy will tend to be applied where the risks are currently deemed to be appropriately-managed, but where the risk of flooding is expected to significantly rise in the future. In this case we would need to do more in the future to contain what would otherwise be increasing risk. Taking further action to reduce risk will require further appraisal to assess whether there are socially and environmentally sustainable, technically viable and economically justified options.

> Policy 5 Areas of moderate to high flood risk where we can generally take further action to reduce flood risk This policy will tend to be applied to those areas where the case for further action to reduce flood risk is most compelling, for example where there are many people at high risk, or where changes in the environment have already increased risk. Taking further action to reduce risk will require additional appraisal to assess whether there are socially and environmentally sustainable, technically viable and economically justified options.

> Policy 6 Areas of low to moderate flood risk where we will take action with others to store water or manage run-off in locations that provide overall flood risk reduction or environmental benefits This policy will tend to be applied where there may be opportunities in some locations to reduce flood risk locally or more widely in a catchment by storing water or managing run-off. The policy has been applied to an area (where the potential to apply the policy exists), but would only be implemented in specific locations within the area, after more detailed appraisal and consultation.

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 11 Sub area 1

Axholme and NW Lincolnshire

Our Key Partners: Essential infrastructure at risk The key messages includes the M180 and Keadby Local Authorities . However, these • Flood risk management activities would only be affected in an will be targeted on mitigating Landowners extreme event (0.1%). the impacts of climate change, Internal Drainage Boards with a focus on opportunities to It is expected that the levels of flood use more sustainable and / or Natural England risk throughout this sub area will effective methods. increase significantly in the future, Utility Companies predominantly as a consequence • Flooding can not be entirely eliminated and so residents, NFU of climate change. Rising sea levels will lead to more frequent owners and businesses need to overtopping of tidal River Trent manage some risks themselves. defences, potentially causing them For example, registering for The issues in this to fail. If this was the case then it is our Floodline Warnings Direct sub area estimated that in the next 50 to 100 (FWD) service and flood warden years 25,000 properties would be at schemes, being aware of This sub area is predominantly risk during a 1% flood event. emergency plans, and adapting low-lying and rural with smaller vulnerable buildings. settlements, villages and towns. • We will sustain and improve It contains extensive areas of The vision and the status of environmentally artificially drained fenland with preferred policy designated areas particularly some considerable freshwater within the low lying fens around wetland sites. Policy Option 4 – Areas of low, the through moderate or high flood risk where Flood risk is identified in this appropriate frequency, extent we are already managing the flood location as low to medium with and duration of flooding. risk effectively but where we may approximately 50 properties at risk need to take further action to keep • Where appropriate, we will return in a 1% flood event. However, there pace with climate change. watercourses to a more natural is an extensive risk to agricultural state, increasing biodiversity land on both sides of the River We have selected this policy specifically on the Rivers Torne Trent. Flooding from the Rivers because although flood risk is and Idle. Idle and Torne and their tributaries currently managed appropriately, is responsible for a third of the it is expected to rise significantly flooding in a 1% event. in the long term. In these circumstances, we need to do more There are several environmental in the future to reduce the expected sites such as Hatfield Moors, increase in risks. Epworth Turbary and Turbary SSSIs which are at risk of flooding in a 1% event. However, regular freshwater flooding can actually benefit these sites.

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Proposed actions to implement the preferred policy

• Complete the Isle of Axholme Flood Risk Management Strategy.

• We will review our approach to managing flood defences and other flood risk assets, to ensure that we are managing them efficiently and taking the best approach to managing flood risk in the longer term.

• Investigate options for increasing biodiversity and habitat creation via water level management on pumped watercourses.

• Review implications on designated sites to ensure the current status is improved or maintained where appropriate.

• Draw on our understanding of the Tidal Trent Strategy and the Humber Strategy in any future approaches for the sub area.

• Strengthen relationships and work with IDBs in the area.

Isle of Axholme

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 13 Sub area 2

Sherwood

Our key partners: 136 properties at risk in a 1% The key messages flood event. There are no major Local Authorities flood defences within this sub area • The overall input into flood risk and there is no major essential activities will remain the same, Landowners infrastructure at risk of flooding. with a focus on opportunities Natural England to use more sustainable and/or River flooding tends to be due effective methods. Internal Drainage Boards to insufficient channel capacity and overland flow combined with • We plan to reduce unsustainable Country Landowners Association surface water ponding. There is also long-term dependence on urban drainage flooding, mainly raised flood defences, by due to blocked drains. taking opportunities to restore The issues in this sustainable natural storage of SSSIs susceptible to flooding in the floodwater on undeveloped sub area area are the River Idle Washlands, floodplains. Sutton and Lound Gravel Pits. This sub area has low valleys and • We seek to minimise the increase well-defined floodplains in the Flood risk is currently assessed in the cost of flood damage in east and low lying hills to the west. as low, and is not expected to rise Mansfield, Retford and Worksop, Raised areas tend to be forested significantly within this policy unit. taking into account future climate and there are pockets of high grade change and urban growth. agricultural land. The Rivers Idle and Torne rise from the Sherwood The vision and • Sustain and improve the status Sandstone near the surface where preferred policy of environmentally designated wells provide public water supply. areas such as the River Idle The sub area consists of many Policy Option 3 – Areas of low to Washlands, Sutton and Lound areas of artificially drained fenland moderate flood risk where we are Gravel Pits SSSI through with some extensive freshwater generally managing existing flood appropriate frequency, extent wetland sites. risk effectively. and duration of flooding.

Flood risk in this sub area is We have selected this policy • Where appropriate, we will return generally low but slightly higher in because the risks are currently watercourses to a more natural some urban areas. The risk is mainly managed appropriately and the state, increasing biodiversity and from the upper parts of the Rivers risk of flooding is not expected opening up green river corridors Idle and Torne and its tributaries to increase significantly in the through urban areas such as the Rivers Maun and Meden. People long term. This policy may mean Mansfield, Worksop and Retford. and property in Mansfield, Worksop reviewing the current flood warning • Sustain existing and increase the and East Retford are susceptible services and/or how we manage the amount of Biodiversity Action to flooding and there are currently defences that are already in place. Plan (BAP) habitat.

• We will support and encourage land management that will protect and improve by reducing diffuse pollution from agricultural run-off.

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Proposed actions to implement the preferred policy

• Investigate locations, ways and funding sources to return the river channel to a more natural state, particularly through Retford, Mansfield, Worksop, and the middle Idle.

• Identify opportunities to maximise the use and benefits of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), particularly in areas where the sandstone geology will support extensive use, and where a strategy for retro-fitting SuDS may be developed.

• Work with the IDBs within the area to develop the appropriate approaches to drainage activities.

• Encourage rural and urban best-practices in land-use and in land-management to restore more sustainable natural floodplains and to reduce run-off. Identify areas where efficiencies can be achieved, such as reduced channel maintenance and the removal of flood risk management structures.

• Identify potential sites for BAP habitat creation and sustain existing sites.

Flood defences, , Worksop

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 15 Sub area 3

Peaks and Moorlands

Our key partners: near rivers. Rapid run-off from the this sub area with high flood risk Peak District and which are expected to see more Local Authorities moors results in the rapid onset frequent flooding as a result of of flooding in downstream climate change. In the next 50 to Landowners towns and villages. Bridges and 100 years up to 445 properties will Natural England other constrictions along the be at risk in a 1% flood event. watercourses tend to make the Internal Drainage Boards flooding within the towns and Country Landowners Association villages worse. Locations which The vision and have people and properties preferred policy Water Companies that are exposed to relatively frequent flooding from deep, Policy Option 6 – Areas of low NFU fast flowing water include Buxton, to moderate flood risk where we National Park Authority , Matlock, Ashbourne, will take action with others to Leek and Cheddleton. There are store water or manage run-off in Forestry Commission approximately 320 properties locations that provide overall currently at risk of flooding in a flood risk reduction or 1% flood event. environmental benefits.

The issues in this The area has a number of notable Our long term vision for this sub sub area environmental features including area is to set a framework to deliver the Churnet Valley SSSI comprising a sustainable approach to flood This sub area is characterised by the steep sided main valley of risk management that considers steep gradients and peaks in the the Churnet and a number of the natural function of the river Peak District before levelling out tributaries. The valleys contain and reduces long term dependence in the low lands. Soils tend to be semi natural woodland, scrub, on raised flood defences. This very peaty in the upland areas acid , mire, marsh and includes identifying opportunities where rainfall is high. Farming in carr. Flooding at the site has been to better utilise areas of natural the upland District area historically important and will be floodplain to store floodwaters is characterised by well-drained beneficial to the fen land area and to attenuate rainwater that soils, promoting its use developing. The Peak District will reduce flood risk within this as improved grassland. In contrast, National Park is a major designated sub area and downstream. the surrounding soils landscape and attracts many are acidic and generally covered visitors. The South West Peak by scrubland and raised bogs. and North Peak are designated The area is also notable for its Environmentally Sensitive underlying limestone Areas (ESAs). geology. The area is well populated by small towns such as Buxton, Throughout this sub area flood risk Bakewell, Ashbourne, Leek, is currently assessed as low, and is Matlock and Cheddleton. not expected to rise significantly in the future. However, there are also The narrow valleys mean that a small number of locations within settlements tend to be concentrated

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The key messages Proposed actions to implement the preferred policy

• We plan to reduce unsustainable • Investigate opportunities for storage or reduced conveyance upstream long-term dependence on of urban areas. raised flood defences, by • Identify requirements for existing and future flood protection measures taking opportunities to restore within the policy unit to maintain an acceptable level of flood risk. sustainable natural storage of floodwater on undeveloped • Study the options and feasibility of using water supply reservoirs within floodplains. the Derwent Valley and upper reaches of the to provide some support to flood risk management. • Reduce the number of people at risk from deep and fast flowing • Implement a project to improve the standard of protection for waters or fast onset of flooding Ashbourne, potentially carrying out improvements to existing balancing through the towns of Buxton, areas and creating further storage areas upstream of the town. Bakewell, Matlock, Ashbourne and Leek. • Identify locations where flood attenuation ponds or wetland areas could be developed with associated habitat improvement. • We plan to sustain and improve the status of environmentally • Investigate the water level management requirements of the Churnet designated areas through Valley SSSI, determining the appropriate depth, duration timing and appropriate frequency, extent frequency of flooding. and duration of flooding, • Progress land use changes which will provide flood risk management including using existing and benefits and develop a land use management plan for the policy unit. future flood storage areas and floodplains more to benefit nature conservation.

• Support and encourage land management and land use in the River Derwent and River Dove catchments that will reduce run- off rates from upland areas.

• Identify potential sites for BAP habitat creation and sustain existing sites.

River Churnet by-pass channel and balancing pond, Leek

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 17 Sub area 4

Shelford to Gainsborough

Our key partners are: the River Trent. Gainsborough and change and urbanisation. As a Newark are the main urban areas at result it is estimated that within the Local Authorities risk of flooding but there are also next 50 to 100 years the number of many villages at risk. Throughout properties at risk in this sub area Landowners this sub area it is estimated that during a 1 % flood event could rise Natural England there are 2,970 properties at risk to 3,875. in a 1% flood event. Internal Drainage Boards Major embankments protect The vision and Highways Authority the larger towns and were preferred policy Aggregate Companies designed to provide protection up to a 1% event, whilst minor Policy Option 4 – Areas of low, Minerals and Waste embankments protect farmland moderate or high flood risk where Regulation Authorities from frequent flooding up to a 10% we are already managing the flood event. The A46 Lincoln by-pass English Heritage risk effectively but where we may embankment prevents flooding need to take further actions to keep from the Trent that could travel pace with climate change. eastwards towards Lincoln. We have selected this policy The issues in this Flooding also occurs behind because although the risk is sub area defences when high flows and/or currently managed appropriately, tidal effects prevent the free outflow This sub area is characterised by it is expected to rise significantly of water from tributaries and flat gradients where the slope of in the long term. In these drainage channels. The interaction the River Trent gradually falls from circumstances, we need to do of tides and river flows can cause approximately 30 AOD more in the future to reduce the combined flooding with saline or to less than 5 metres AOD over expected increase in risks. brackish water. This is a particular a distance of 70 km to the lower concern for high value agricultural tidal reaches. The main towns land that can take years to recover in the area are Gainsborough The key messages from such inundation. and Newark, with many smaller • Minimise disruption to people, villages across the area. The soil Infrastructure at risk includes communities and commerce cover is generally loamy with some the A46 and the A631 crossings caused by flooding, taking into eastern areas having sandy soils. over the Trent in Gainsborough account future pressure resulting The underlying geology is mainly which can result in significant from climate change. mudstone. There are areas disruption locally. in this unit that have high value • We will sustain and protect Environmental sites in the sub agricultural land. The Trent becomes the historical environment and area include three SSSIs, Lea tidally influenced below the social heritage in the catchment, Marsh, Allington Meadows and Cromwell Weir near Newark. including the Scheduled Ancient Besthorpe Meadows. Monuments (SAMs) within the Flooding normally occurs as a result River Trent floodplain throughout of overtopping of flood defence Whilst flood risk is currently this policy unit. embankments on either side of assessed as medium, this could become high as a result of climate

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• Reduce the disruption caused Proposed actions to implement the preferred policy by any of the five River Trent road crossing points which lie within • Draw on our understanding of the Tidal Trent Strategy and the Humber the policy unit. Strategy in any future approach for the sub area.

• We aim to minimise the increase • Complete the implementation of an appropriate flood alleviation in the cost of flood damage, scheme for Gainsborough and Newark. taking into account future • Work with the IDBs within the area to develop appropriate approaches pressures from climate change, to drainage activities. which may increase flood risk. • Achieve the right balance between flood risk management and habitat • Sustain and improve the status creation within Beckingham Marshes. of environmentally designated areas of Allington Meadows and • Investigate options for removing, abandoning or breaching sections Besthorpe Meadows through of embankments where they provide little or no flood risk management appropriate frequency, extent benefit, to allow more targeted effort where it is needed. By investigating and duration of flooding. options for managed realignment, it will be possible to counter the effects of climate change and help to prevent an increase in overall • Sustain and increase the amount flood risk. of BAP habitat along the main Trent corridor and also within the • Investigate options for creating and restoring existing wash lands to many small tributary streams. accommodate climate change.

• Focus on maximising flood risk • Complete a study to investigate improved resilience or alternative benefits from disused aggregate strategic options for transport in the area during flood events. workings.

Flood defences, Gainsborough

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 19 Sub area 5

Burton, Derby and Nottingham

Our key partners: Flooding tends to occur due to The key messages heavy rainfall that overwhelms Local Authorities channel capacity, surface water • We aim to reduce the number and urban drainage. Flood levels of people at risk from deep and Landowners in urban areas can be elevated fast flowing waters or fast onset Aggregate Companies by structures that restrict flows. of flooding within Nottingham, It is estimated that nearly 9,915 Derby or Burton. Natural England people are at risk from flooding • Reduce the disruption caused and this could rise to as much as Utility Companies by flooding to transport and 15,777 in the next 50 to 100 years infrastructure. Water as a result of climate change and urbanisation. There are numerous • Reduce the cost of flood damage Internal Drainage Boards key infrastructure sites and particularly where it is high and facilities at risk due to the density may be economically viable. of urban areas. The issues in this • Return watercourses to a more natural state, increasing sub area The vision and biodiversity and opening up green river corridors through This sub area contains the main preferred policy Derby and the towns of Langley urban centres of Nottingham, Derby Mill, , Sandiacre and and Burton-on-Trent. There are also Policy Option 5 – Areas of moderate . smaller towns such as Egginton, to high flood risk where we can Langley Mill, Stapleford, Sandiacre generally take further action to • Sustain and increase the amount and Ilkeston. There are mainly reduce flood risk. of BAP habitat in the catchment loamy soils, with sandy soils to the This policy is about reducing the by opening up green spaces east, although the valley floor has risk where the existing flood risk within the built environment. large sand and gravel deposits. is too high. We need to take action The geology in the sub area is • Support and encourage land in the short term to reduce this mainly Triassic mudstone. and drainage management that level of risk. will protect and improve water Flood risk in this sub area is quality. generally high, with particular risks associated with the more densely populated urban areas. There are significant flood defence structures protecting towns and cities that need to be maintained.

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Proposed actions to implement the preferred policy

• Provide a more accurate and community focused flood warning service.

• Identify locations and opportunities where we can work with aggregate extraction companies to improve planning for and restoration of gravel workings, particularly in relation to flood risk management.

• Increase green corridors through urban areas, particularly on the through building partnerships with local authorities and by applying appropriate development control.

• Complete Derby (Lower Derwent) strategy and implement findings.

• Implement the findings of the Nottingham strategy.

• Investigate flood resilience of electricity and gas stations that are at risk from the more frequent 10% flood event.

• Identify locations within the urban areas where BAP habitats may be created, expanded or improved through links with other flood risk management schemes or initiatives.

• Identify problems associated with local mine water flooding and resulting pollution.

• Produce an Integrated Urban Drainage (IUD) strategy for main urban areas, and support this to reduce the incidence of surface water and foul water flooding.

Flood defence scheme, West Bridgford

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 21 Sub area 6

Mid Staffs and Lower Tame

Our key partners: Flood risk is generally low across Our long term vision for this sub the area, but recognised as medium area is to set a framework to deliver Local Authorities around Tamworth due to the high a sustainable approach to flood number of properties behind risk management that considers Natural England existing flood defences. At present the natural function of the river NFU it is estimated that throughout this and reduces long term dependence sub area there are 1,010 properties on raised flood defences. This National Park Authority at risk during a 1% flood event. includes identifying opportunities to better utilise areas of natural Forestry Commission The River Tame channel has floodplain to store floodwaters been heavily modified over the Landowners and to attenuate rainwater that will centuries, including widening reduce flood risk within this sub Aggregate Companies and straightening to improve area and downstream. flow capacity. Elsewhere the Mineral and Waste Regulation watercourses are relatively natural Authorities with few flood defences. Flooding The key messages Relevant Mining Company occurs as a result of overtopping or Authority of river banks or embankments. • We aim to minimise disruption to people and communities caused Flood risk is currently assessed by flooding in Tamworth and as low, and is not expected to rise other smaller settlements along significantly within this policy unit. The issues in this the Trent corridor, taking into As a result of climate change the sub area account future climate change number of properties at risk within and development pressure. This sub area contains the catchment in a 1% flood event predominantly pastureland, with could rise in the next 50 to 100 • We will work with others to open arable areas in the lowland years to 1,920. reduce the disruption caused area of the upper Trent. There are by flooding to transport and wooded heights above the shallow infrastructure. central valley and more industrial The vision and • We will work with others to areas based around former preferred policy sustain and improve the status coalfields. The area of environmentally designated is dominated by the lower broad Policy Option 6 – Areas of low areas through appropriately flat floodplains of the River Tame to moderate flood risk where managing the frequency, extent and River Trent confluence. The we will take action with others and duration of flooding. soils are loamy with small areas to store water or manage run-off of sandy soils underlain by mainly in locations that provide • Reduce soil erosion resulting Triassic sandstones. overall flood risk reduction or from rapid surface water run-off, environmental benefits.

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particularly where there has Proposed actions to implement the preferred policy been significant ground disturbance caused by mining • Provide a more accurate and community focused flood warning service. (Staffordshire) and where sandy • Complete strategy for the River Tame, focusing on opportunities to soils are prone to erosion such naturalise the river in rural areas and to reduce flood risk in Tamworth as Cannock Chase. (accepting that this will probably require some local increase in • Where appropriate, return defences). This strategy must include a wide-ranging technical watercourses to a more natural assessment of flood attenuation options. state, increasing biodiversity and • Carry out a feasibility study to identify and assess locations for river opening up green river corridors restoration or improvements. through urban areas. • Identify locations where flood attenuation ponds or wetland areas could • Sustain and increase the amount be developed with associated habitat improvement or creation. of BAP habitat in the catchment. • Work with aggregate companies and the mineral and waste authorities • We will support and encourage to prepare a plan identifying current and future opportunities to create land management and drainage restoration that benefits both wildlife and flood risk management. practices that will protect and improve water quality. • Identify problem coal mining sites within Staffordshire where discharge during flood events causes pollution and damages habitat/species in receiving watercourses.

Flood defences, , Stafford

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 23 Sub area 7

West Staffs

Our key partners: taking account of the defences The key messages in place in this policy unit, is Local Authorities considered low with 110 properties • We aim to minimise disruption at risk during a 1% flood event. to people and communities Landowners caused by flooding, taking into A number of environmental sites Internal Drainage Boards account the potential pressures are liable to be affected by flooding associated with future climate NFU such as the Cannock Extension change and urban growth. Canal (SAC), and Tillington Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Marshes (SSSI) and Mottey • We aim to minimise the increase in the cost of flood damage, Severn Trent Water Meadows (NNR). taking into account extensive Developers Flood risk is not expected to future urban growth in the increase considerably in the future policy unit. as a result of climate change and urban growth. • We will work with others to return The issues in this watercourses to a more natural sub area state, increasing biodiversity and The vision and opening up green river corridors, This sub area has a varied preferred policy for example through Stoke-on- landscape with a significant rural Trent and other urban areas, element. The geology of the area is Policy Option 4 – Areas of low, where feasible. predominantly Triassic sandstones moderate or high flood risk where and harder in the we are already managing the flood upper reaches on the edge of the risk effectively but where we may Peak District. need to take further actions to keep pace with climate change. In this sub area, there is a fast response to rainfall in watercourses We have selected this policy due to the steep nature of the upper because although the risk is catchment areas. There is disruption currently managed appropriately, to people and communities it is expected to rise significantly caused by flooding in areas such in the long term. In these as Stoke-on-Trent, Stone, Stafford circumstances, we need to do and Cannock, although recent more in the future to reduce the flood defence works, particularly expected increase in risks. in Cannock and Stafford, have significantly reduced flood risk. The overall current flood risk,

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Proposed actions to implement the preferred policy

• Provide a more accurate and community focused flood warning service.

• Review current land drainage, flood defence and water level management practices in the Sow and Penk catchments.

• Investigate opportunities to manage flood risk in Stoke-on-Trent, and assess improving the river by de-culverting and opening up a green corridor through the city.

• Work with the ‘Farming Floodplains for the Future’ project to influence and share findings and policies that support flood risk management.

• Produce and implement an Integrated Urban Drainage Strategy through Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford.

• Encourage close liaison with planners and developers to ensure future urban growth is appropriate and helps manage flood risk.

• Investigate the opportunities for and the feasibility of broad scale SuDS and encourage them to be implemented, where practical.

Flood balancing pond, Mill Green, Cannock

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 25 Sub area 8

Rural Leicestershire

Our key partners: Overall current flood risk in this The key messages area is low with only 30 properties Local Authorities at risk during a 1% flood event. It is • Assess long-term opportunities anticipated that there will be to move development away from Landowners no significant increase in the the floodplain and create green CLA future. Flooding generally impacts river corridors through parts of farmland and isolated properties Leicester. NFU causing disruption to people • We aim to minimise the increase and agriculture. Natural England in the cost of flood damage, which may occur as a result of National Park Authority A number of environmental sites are liable to be affected by flooding future climate change. Forestry Commission such as the River Eye (SSSI) and • Sustain and improve the status Frisby Marsh (SSSI). of environmentally designated areas through appropriate frequency, extent and duration The issues in this The vision and sub area of flooding, including using preferred policy rivers and floodplains to benefit This sub area has a varied nature conservation. Policy Option 6 – Areas of low landscape with a significant rural to moderate flood risk where • Work with land managers and element. The area in the northeast we will take action with others farmers to reduce soil erosion consists of ridges used for arable to store water or manage run-off from intensively farmed land. farming and pasture with more in locations that provide steep sided valleys in the east. overall flood risk reduction or • Support and encourage land There are washlands in the Trent environmental benefits. management and land use that Valley to the north that support a will reduce run-off rates from variety of farming. To the northwest Our long term vision for this sub upland areas. of Leicester runoff from the land area is to set a framework to deliver generates a fast response to rainfall a sustainable approach to flood • Sustain and increase the amount that drains into both the risk management that considers of BAP habitat in the catchment. and River Tame. the natural function of the river and reduces long term dependence on There are no formal flood defences raised flood defences. This includes in this sub area, although Melton identifying opportunities to better Mowbray is protected from flooding utilise areas of natural floodplain to from the River Wreake by an store floodwaters and to attenuate upstream flood storage area which rainwater that will reduce flood reduces the likelihood of flooding. risk within this sub area and downstream.

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Proposed actions to implement the preferred policy

• Investigate locations and opportunities to provide water storage from all tributaries of the River Soar and assess if it is feasible.

• Investigate land use changes which will reduce run-off rates and lessen soil erosion from intensively farmed land in Leicestershire.

• Identify locations where flood attenuation ponds or wetland areas could be developed with associated habitat improvement.

• Identify potential sites for BAP habitat creation.

River Soar at Birstall

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 27 Sub area 9

Upper Soar and Upper Anker

Our key partners: therefore at risk from rapid runoff. The key messages Leicester is also susceptible to Local Authorities surface water flooding when the • Assess long-term opportunities capacity of urban drainage systems to move development away from Natural England is exceeded. the floodplain and create green NFU river corridors through parts of Overall, there is a medium risk Leicester. Internal Drainage Boards of flooding in this area, although parts of Leicester are considered • We will work with others to Severn Trent Water to be at high risk. Throughout this minimise disruption to people and communities caused by Highways Authority sub area there are approximately 3,310 properties at risk during a flooding, taking into account Network Rail 1% flood event. future climate change and urban growth. It is anticipated that flood risk is likely to increase in future due • We will work with others to The issues in this to further urban growth with the reduce the disruption caused by sub area number of properties at risk of flooding to transport, particularly flooding during a 1% flood event the A50 and A47, and several ‘B’ Leicester is the main city in the rising to 3,690. roads around Leicester. sub area and there are smaller • Work to minimise the cost of towns such as Nuneaton and flood damage in Nuneaton, Loughborough. The area is The vision and Leicester and Loughborough, characterised by the distinctive Soar preferred policy taking into account future climate river valley with its floodplains and change and urban growth. terraces. The geology is generally Policy Option 4 – Areas of low, Keuper Marl combined with beds moderate or high flood risk where • Return watercourses to a of Triassic Sandstone. Soils are we are already managing the flood more natural state, increasing often loamy clay which impedes risk effectively but where we may biodiversity and opening up drainage and results in significant need to take further actions to keep green river corridors through amounts of rainfall becoming pace with climate change. urban areas of Leicester. surface water run-off. We have selected this policy • Sustain and increase the amount Flooding results from lack of because although the risk is of BAP habitat in the catchment. capacity in the river channels currently managed appropriately, and the floodplains becoming it is expected to rise significantly inundated. Leicester and Nuneaton in the long term. In these are near the headwaters of their circumstances, we need to do more respective catchments and are in the future to reduce the expected increase in risks.

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Proposed actions to implement the preferred policy

• Provide a more accurate and community focused flood warning service.

• Investigate upstream storage for ‘at risk’ urban centres, including the six small watercourses running through Leicester.

• Support the production and implementation of an integrated drainage strategy for urban areas, to reduce the incidence of surface water and foul water flooding by working with Severn Trent Water Ltd in flood risk management.

• Investigate opportunities for creating green corridors along watercourses through urban centres. Identify mechanisms for achieving this and implement, by working with planners and building partnerships with local authorities.

• Investigate flood resilience for infrastructure such as roads (for example the A50 and A47, and several ‘B’ roads around Leicester).

River Anker culvert, Nuneaton

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 29 Sub area 10

Birmingham and Black Country

Our key partners: surface water runoff, storm water The key messages drainage and sewer overflow. In Local Authorities urban areas there is insufficient • Work with others to minimise channel capacity in some locations disruption to people and Severn Trent Water creating a risk of flooding to historic communities caused by flooding, Internal Drainage Boards floodplains and undefended taking into account future climate locations. There is a risk that change, and urban growth in the Highways Authority urban drainage systems can be policy unit area. overwhelmed by heavy rainfall and Network Rail • Reduce the disruption caused rapid run-off from hard surfaces. by flooding to transport and Utility Companies The ability of some drainage infrastructure. systems to flow into the River Tame Landowners can be reduced by high water levels. • Reduce the cost of flood damage within the policy unit, particularly A number of environmental sites where it is high and may be are liable to be affected by flooding economically viable, within The issues in this such as the Checkhill Bogs and Birmingham and the Black sub area Sutton Park (SSSI) and Country. Pools (SAC). This is the most urbanised and • Promote and encourage urban populated sub area within the Throughout the catchment there are drainage systems that will protect River Trent catchment. Land use approximately 5,000 properties at and improve water quality within is dominated by urbanisation and risk of flooding during a 1% flood the surrounding watercourses. suburban areas. The River Tame is event. In the next 50 to 100 years the main watercourse, rising south however, it is estimated that this • Sustain and increase the amount of Walsall before flowing through figure could rise to 11,000 as a of BAP habitat in the catchment. Birmingham and out to the broader result of climate change. floodplains and its confluence • Return watercourses to a with the River Trent. The main more natural state, increasing geology of the Tame catchment is The vision and biodiversity and opening up green river corridors throughout the Keuper Marl combined with beds of preferred policy Triassic Sandstone. Soil drainage is policy unit, particularly through impeded by the loamy clay soil and Policy Option 5 – Areas of moderate city centre regeneration projects. therefore a high percentage of the to high flood risk where we can rainfall that falls on the catchment generally take further action to runs off. reduce flood risk.

Flood risk in this area is high with This policy is about reducing the flooding occurring from a wide risk where the existing flood risk is range of sources including the too high. We need to take action in River Tame and its tributaries, the short term to reduce this level of risk.

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Proposed actions to implement the preferred policy

• Provide a more accurate and community focused flood warning service.

• Conclude River Tame flood risk management strategy.

• Reduce the incidence of foul water flooding by involving Severn Trent Water Ltd more in flood risk management.

• Investigate and promote opportunities to create green corridors along watercourses through Birmingham and the Black Country.

• Produce and implement an integrated urban drainage strategy.

• Investigate flood resilience for infrastructure, including roads, rail, electricity, gas, oil, water and telecommunications at risk of flooding within the city of Birmingham.

• Identify locations where flood storage ponds or wetland areas could be developed within the urban areas, with associated habitat creation.

• Produce an integrated flood defence asset management strategy.

River Tame and balancing pond,

Environment Agency River Trent Catchment Flood Management Plan 31 Map of CFMP policies

Policy 1: No active intervention (including Flood Policy 4: Take further action to sustain the Warning and Maintenance). Continue to monitor current level of flood risk into the future and advise. (responding to the potential increases in risk from urban development, land use change and Policy 2: Reduce existing flood risk management climate change). actions (accepting that flood risk will increase over time). Policy 5: Take further action to reduce flood risk.

Policy 3: Continue with existing or alternative Policy 6: Take action with others to store water or actions to manage flood risk at the current level. manage runoff in locations that provide overall flood risk reduction or environmental benefits, locally or elsewhere in the catchment.

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