The Environment Agency is delivering a proposed Flood Risk Management Scheme to better protect homes, businesses and communities from flooding across the Kent catchment, while improving the local environment and community amenities.
Kendal Town is the first area to be delivered, with the upstream communities of Burneside, Staveley and Ings, including flood storage, forming later stages of the scheme. In addition, Natural Flood Management measures are being integrated into the plans which help slow the flow of water, store water in the landscape, improve habitats and biodiversity, whilst providing wider environmental benefits across the catchment.
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Property flood resistance and resilience measures can be an effective means of reducing the impact of flooding. Delivered at a property level, resistance and resilience measures can be installed independently or together as a complete package. These measures are often referred to overall as property flood resilience (PFR). To find out more about PFR, visit The Flood Hub Property Flood Resilience page here.
Illustration to show some of the PFR options available for homes and businesses. Download this poster here.
The Environment Agency would always encourage that any property located within a flood risk area incorporates resilience and resistance measures. These measures do provide a level of protection and/or the ability to recover much quicker should flood water enter. If you are interested in integrating these measures into your property, please take a look at the Property Flood Resilience e-book here which contains a selection of case studies to showcase how resistance and resilience measures can be implemented in different types and styles of properties.
