The Environment Agency has launched a six month consultation on the statutory review of the draft River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) and Flood Risk Management plans which set out how organisations, stakeholders and communities will work together to improve the water environment over the next six years.

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has published new guidance for the Environment Agency setting out expectations for the main steps and principles of the river basin planning process.

The Environment Agency (EA) has  published a policy paper explaining its decision not to carry out strategic environmental assessments for the third cycle of river basin management plans (RBMPs).

The Environment Agency has extended the deadline to submit responses to its current river basin planning consultation Challenges and Choices by five months because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Environment Agency has today launched a six month-long consultation on the future of the water environment and rivers in England.

The Environment Agency has launched a major new consultation on the proposed work programme, timetable and process for working together to review and update the river basin management plans in 2021.

A new European Commission initiative aimed at improving the implementation of EU environmental policy and law has identified tackling water quality as one of the three main challenges facing the UK.  

A two-day meeting of water management experts and policy-makers has concluded at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.

Following last year’s consultation, the Government has now published a new set of River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) updating the first plans published in 2009.

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has published its second catchment partnerships report for the period 2014-15.