Local Authorities
Introduction
Local authorities have powers to undertake flood defence works under the Land Drainage Act 1991 on watercourses which have not been designated as main and which are not within internal drainage board areas; there are also 88 maritime district councils which have powers to protect the land against coastal erosion under the Coast Protection Act 1949.
Grant Aid
From April 2006, Defra has grant aided local authority capital improvement projects at a rate of 100% of approved eligible costs. Prior to this, Defra had grant aided local authorities at a rate of 45% (from 1 April 2001) for flood risk projects and at rates between 35% and 75% for coast protection projects depending on the cost to the local authority of implementing coast protection grant aided projects over the preceding ten years as compared to local resources. This direct grant had been supplemented by Supported Capital Expenditure (Revenue) which will not be available to projects after 2005-06. For local authority flood risk projects, the actual grant aiding process is operated by the Environment Agency.
As part of consideration of a strategic overview role for the EA for all flood and coastal erosion risk management issues a report on capacity and skills in coast protection authorities was published on 12 April 2006.
List of Local Authorities
Further information about local authorities in general might be available from the Local Government Association (LGA). Below is a list of local authorities which appear in our mailing list, used for example to request details of their forward investment plans for flood and coastal erosion risk management capital improvement projects to assist with our setting of the threshold priority score for grant aid. Some of the names are links to relevant pages on the authority's website - if other authorities publish such pages we will be glad to add links.
Revised High Level Target 1, in effect from April 2005, requires operating authorities to produce publically available policy delivery statements setting out their plans for delivering the Government's policy aim in relation to flood and coastal erosion risk management. Where such statements have been supplied to Defra under the revised target, we identify this below, in the form of a link to the statement on the local authority's website if possible.
| Local Authority | Policy delivery statement supplied to Defra? |
|---|---|
| Alnwick District Council | |
| Adur District Council | |
| Allerdale Borough Council | |
| Amber Valley Borough Council | |
| Arun District Council | |
| Ashfield District Council | |
| Ashford Borough Council | |
| Aylesbury Vale District Council | |
| Babergh District Council | |
| Barking & Dagenham Borough Council | |
| Barnet Borough Council | |
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough | |
| Barrow-In-Furness Borough Council | HLT 1 policy statement provided - link |
| Basildon District Council | |
| Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council | |
| Bassetlaw District Council | |
| Bath & NE Somerset Council | |
| Bedford Borough Council | |
| Berwick-Upon-Tweed Borough Council | |
| Bexley Borough Council | |
| Birmingham City Council | |
| Blaby District Council | |
| Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council | |
| Blackpool Borough Council | |
| Blyth Valley Borough Council | |
| Bolsover District Council | |
| Bolton Metropolitan Borough | |
| Borough of Poole Council | |
| Boston Borough Council | |
| Bournemouth Borough Council | |
| Bracknell Forest Borough Council | |
| Bradford City Council | |
| Braintree District Council | |
| Breckland District Council | |
| Brent Borough Council | |
| Brentwood Borough Council | |
| Bridgnorth District Council | HLT 1 policy statement provided - link |
| Brighton & Hove City Council | |
| Bristol City Council | |
| Broadland District Council | |
| Bromley Borough Council | |
| Bromsgrove District Council | |
| Broxbourne Borough Council | |
| Broxtowe District Council | |
| Burnley Borough Council | |
| Bury Borough Council | |
| Calderdale Borough Council | |
| Cambridge City Council | |
| Camden Borough Council | |
| Cannock Chase District Council | |
| Canterbury City Council | |
| Caradon District Council | |
| Carlisle City Council | |
| Carrick District Council | |
| Castle Morpeth Borough Council | |
| Castle Point District Council | |
| Charnwood Borough Council | |
| Chelmsford Borough Council | |
| Cheltenham Borough Council | |
| Cherwell District Council | |
| Chester City Council | |
| Chester-Le-Street District Council | |
| Chesterfield Borough Council | |
| Chichester District Council | HLT 1 policy statement provided - link |
| Chiltern District Council | |
| Chorley Borough Council | |
| Christchurch Borough Council | |
| City Of London Corporation | |
| City of York Council | |
| Colchester Borough Council | |
| Congleton Borough Council | |
| Copeland Borough Council | |
| Corby District Council | |
| Cotswold District Council | |
| Coventry City Council | |
| Craven District Council | |
| Crawley Borough Council | |
| Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council | |
| Dacorum Borough Council | |
| Darlington Borough Council | |
| Dartford Borough Council | |
| Daventry District Council | |
| Derby City Council | |
| Derbyshire Dales District Council | |
| Derwentside District Council | |
| Doncaster Borough Council | HLT 1 policy statement provided - link |
| Dover District Council | |
| Dudley District Council | |
| Durham City Council | |
| Easington District Council | |
| East Cambridgeshire District Council | |
| East Devon District Council | |
| East Dorset District Council | |
| East Hampshire District Council | |
| East Hertfordshire District Council | |
| East Lindsey District Council | |
| East Northamptonshire District Council | |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | |
| East Staffordshire Borough Council | |
| Eastbourne Borough Council | |
| Eastleigh Borough Council | HLT 1 policy statement provided - link |
| Eden District Council | |
| Ellesmere Port & Neston Council | |
| Elmbridge Borough Council | |
| Enfield Borough Council | |
| Epping Forest District Council | |
| Epsom & Ewell Borough Council | |
| Erewash Borough Council | |
| Exeter City Council | |
| Fareham District Council | HLT 1 policy statement provided - link |
| Fenland District Council | |
| Forest Heath District Council | |
| Forest of Dean District Council | |
| Fylde Borough Council | |
| Gateshead Borough Council | |
| Gedling District Council | |
| Gloucester City Council | |
| Gosport Borough Council | |
| Gravesham Borough Council | |
| Great Yarmouth Borough Council | |
| Greenwich Borough Council | |
| Guildford Borough Council | |
| Halton Borough Council | |
| Hambleton District Council | |
| Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Council | |
| Harborough District Council | |
| Haringey Borough Council | |
| Harlow District Council | |
| Harrogate Borough Council | |
| Hart District Council | |
| Hartlepool Borough Council | |
| Hastings Borough Council | |
| Havant Borough Council | |
| Havering Borough Council | |
| Herefordshire Council | |
| Hertsmere Borough Council | |
| High Peak Borough Council | |
| Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council | |
| Horsham District Council | |
| Hounslow Borough Council | |
| Huntingdonshire District Council | |
| Hyndburn Borough Council | |
| Ipswich Borough Council | |
| Isle of Wight Council | Link |
| Isles of Scilly Council | |
| Islington Borough Council | |
| Kennet District Council | |
| Kensington & Chelsea | |
| Kerrier District Council | |
| Kettering Borough Council | |
| King's Lynn & West Norfolk Council | |
| Kingston Upon Hull City Council | |
| Kingston Upon Thames | |
| Kirklees Borough Council | |
| Knowsley Borough Council | |
| Lambeth Borough Council | |
| Lancaster City Council | HLT 1 policy statement provided - link |
| Leeds City Council | |
| Leicester City Council | |
| Lewes District Council | HLT 1 policy statement provided - link |
| Lichfield District Council | |
| Lincoln City Council | |
| Liverpool City Council | |
| London Borough of Croydon | |
| London Borough of Ealing | |
| London Borough of Hackney | |
| London Borough of Harrow | |
| London Borough of Hillingdon | |
| London Borough of Lewisham | |
| London Borough of Newham | |
| London Borough of Southwark | |
| Luton Borough Council | |
| Macclesfield Borough Council | |
| Maidstone Borough Council | |
| Maldon District Council | |
| Malvern Hills District Council | |
| Manchester City Council | |
| Mansfield District Council | |
| Medway Council | |
| Melton Borough Council | |
| Mendip District Council | |
| Merton Borough Council | |
| Metropolitan Borough of Wirral | |
| Mid Bedfordshire District Council | |
| Mid Devon District Council | |
| Mid Suffolk District Council | |
| Mid Sussex District Council | |
| Middlesbrough Council | |
| Milton Keynes Borough Council | |
| Mole Valley District Council | |
| New Forest District Council | |
| Newark & Sherwood District Council | |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council | |
| Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council | |
| North Cornwall District Council | |
| North Devon District Council | |
| North Dorset District Council | |
| North East Derbyshire District Council | |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | |
| North Hertfordshire District Council | |
| North Kesteven District Council | |
| North Lincolnshire Council | |
| North Norfolk District Council | |
| North Shropshire District Council | |
| North Somerset Council | |
| North Tyneside Borough Council | |
| North Warwickshire District Council | |
| North West Leicestershire District Council | |
| North Wiltshire Council | |
| North Yorkshire County Council | |
| Northampton Borough Council | |
| Norwich City Council | |
| Nottingham City Council | |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council | |
| Oadby & Wigston Borough Council | |
| Oldham Borough Council | |
| Oswestry Borough Council | |
| Oxford City Council | |
| Pendle Borough Council | |
| Penwith District Council | |
| Peterborough City Council | |
| Plymouth City Council | |
| Portsmouth City Council | |
| Preston City Council | |
| Purbeck District Council | |
| Reading Borough Council | |
| Redbridge Borough Council | |
| Redcar & Cleveland District Council | |
| Redditch Borough Council | |
| Reigate & Banstead Borough Council | |
| Restormel Borough Council | |
| Ribble Valley Borough Council | |
| Richmond Upon Thames Borough Council | |
| Richmondshire District Council | |
| Rochdale Borough Council | |
| Rochford District Council | |
| Rossendale Borough Council | |
| Rother District Council | |
| Rotherham Borough Council | |
| Rugby Borough Council | |
| Runnymede Borough Council | |
| Rushcliffe Borough Council | |
| Rushmoor Borough Council | |
| Rutland County Council | |
| Ryedale District Council | |
| Salford City Council | |
| Salisbury District Council | |
| Sandwell Borough Council | |
| Scarborough Borough Council | |
| Sedgefield Borough Council | |
| Sedgemoor District Council | |
| Sefton Borough Council | |
| Selby District Council | |
| Sevenoaks District Council | |
| Sheffield City Council | |
| Shepway District Council | |
| Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council | |
| Slough Borough Council | |
| Solihull Borough Council | |
| South Bedfordshire District Council | |
| South Bucks District Council | |
| South Cambridgeshire District Council | |
| South Derbyshire District Council | |
| South Gloucestershire Council | |
| South Hams District Council | |
| South Holland District Council | |
| South Kesteven District Council | |
| South Lakeland District Council | |
| South Norfolk District Council | |
| South Northamptonshire District Council | |
| South Oxfordshire District Council | |
| South Ribble Borough Council | |
| South Shropshire District Council | |
| South Somerset District Council | |
| South Staffordshire District Council | |
| South Tyneside Borough Council | |
| Southampton City Council | |
| Southend On Sea Borough Council | |
| Spelthorne Borough Council | |
| St Albans City Council | |
| St Edmundsbury Borough Council | |
| St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | |
| Stafford Borough Council | |
| Staffordshire Moorlands District Council | |
| Stevenage Borough Council | |
| Stockport Borough Council | |
| Stockton-On-Tees Council | |
| Stoke-On-Trent City Council | |
| Stratford-On-Avon District Council | |
| Stroud District Council | |
| Suffolk Coastal District Council | |
| Suffolk County Council | |
| Sunderland City Council | |
| Surrey Heath Borough Council | |
| Sutton Borough Council | |
| Swale Borough Council | |
| Swindon Borough Council | |
| Tameside Borough Council | |
| Tamworth Borough Council | |
| Tandridge District Council | |
| Taunton Deane Borough Council | |
| Teesdale District Council | |
| Teignbridge District Council | |
| Telford & Wrekin Council | |
| Tendring District Council | |
| Test Valley District Council | |
| Tewkesbury Borough Council | |
| Thanet District Council | |
| Three Rivers District Council | |
| Thurrock Borough Council | |
| Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council | |
| Torbay Borough Council | |
| Torridge District Council | |
| Tower Hamlets Borough Council | |
| Trafford Borough Council | |
| Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | |
| Tynedale District Council | |
| Uttlesford District Council | |
| Vale Royal Borough Council | |
| Vale of White Horse District Council | |
| Wakefield City Council | |
| Walsall Borough Council | |
| Waltham Forest Borough Council | |
| Wandsworth Borough Council | |
| Wansbeck District Council | |
| Warrington Borough Council | |
| Warwick District Council | |
| Watford Borough Council | |
| Waveney District Council | |
| Waverley Borough Council | |
| Wealden District Council | HLT 1 policy statement provided - link |
| Wear Valley District Council | |
| Wellingborough Borough Council | |
| Welwyn Hatfield District Council | |
| West Berkshire Council | |
| West Devon District Council | |
| West Dorset District Council | |
| West Lancashire District Council | |
| West Lindsey District Council | |
| West Oxfordshire District Council | |
| West Somerset District Council | |
| West Wiltshire District Council | |
| Westminster City Council | |
| Weymouth & Portland Borough Council | |
| Wigan Borough Council | |
| Winchester City Council | |
| Windsor & Maidenhead Borough Council | |
| Woking Borough Council | |
| Wokingham District Council | |
| Wolverhampton Borough Council | |
| Worcester City Council | |
| Worthing Borough Council | |
| Wychavon District Council | |
| Wycombe District Council | |
| Wyre Borough Council | |
| Wyre Forest District Council |
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modified: 10 December 2007
Page published: 10 December 2007