Future Flood Resilience for Chelmsford Project

Welcome to the Future Resilience for Chelmsford project page

The Environment Agency have created this page to provide easy access to information on the Future Flood Resilience for Chelmsford project. This page will provide the most up to date information on the scheme as it progresses, so please keep checking back for what's new. The page was last updated in June 2025 to provide updated information on the ongoing flood risk modelling, replacing information on the channel survey from last summer.


Background

The Environment Agency, in partnership with Chelmsford City Council, are investigating options for reducing flood risk to the city of Chelmsford.

Following the successful completion of the flood risk management works at Chelmer Village back in the 2010s, the Environment Agency is now working to identify other measures that may be required to improve the resilience of Chelmsford to flood risk.

With a changing climate, the flood risk to the city is only likely to increase. Therefore, it is paramount that the Environment Agency, with Chelmsford City Council and other stakeholders, work together to better understand, prepare for, and mitigate the causes and impacts of flooding.

What are the next steps for the project?

Later this year, we will review the early results from the model to check that it reflects flooding experienced in the past. The flood risk model is expected to be completed by Autumn 2025 (previously we had hoped to do this by Spring 2025), following which a short list of options will be developed that could potentially reduce flood risk in Chelmsford. The project team will then consult on the options with stakeholders and the public, before identifying a preferred set of economically viable, buildable and sustainable measures to take forward to the next stage of appraisal and design.

How to get involved

You can register with the Engagement HQ website using the Register button on the side information bar. This allows you to subscribe and follow different Environment Agency projects that interest you.

You can then follow the Future Flood Resilience for Chelmsford project by using the Subscribe button. This will add you to our mailing list for notifications when we release any significant updates or announce events. You can also check the Newsfeed section below which will be regularly updated with news and project progress.

If you have further questions, please use the email in the right hand sidebar under the Working in Partnership section.

Remember - please Register and Subscribe to use the full Quick Poll and Questions form.

Welcome to the Future Resilience for Chelmsford project page

The Environment Agency have created this page to provide easy access to information on the Future Flood Resilience for Chelmsford project. This page will provide the most up to date information on the scheme as it progresses, so please keep checking back for what's new. The page was last updated in June 2025 to provide updated information on the ongoing flood risk modelling, replacing information on the channel survey from last summer.


Background

The Environment Agency, in partnership with Chelmsford City Council, are investigating options for reducing flood risk to the city of Chelmsford.

Following the successful completion of the flood risk management works at Chelmer Village back in the 2010s, the Environment Agency is now working to identify other measures that may be required to improve the resilience of Chelmsford to flood risk.

With a changing climate, the flood risk to the city is only likely to increase. Therefore, it is paramount that the Environment Agency, with Chelmsford City Council and other stakeholders, work together to better understand, prepare for, and mitigate the causes and impacts of flooding.

What are the next steps for the project?

Later this year, we will review the early results from the model to check that it reflects flooding experienced in the past. The flood risk model is expected to be completed by Autumn 2025 (previously we had hoped to do this by Spring 2025), following which a short list of options will be developed that could potentially reduce flood risk in Chelmsford. The project team will then consult on the options with stakeholders and the public, before identifying a preferred set of economically viable, buildable and sustainable measures to take forward to the next stage of appraisal and design.

How to get involved

You can register with the Engagement HQ website using the Register button on the side information bar. This allows you to subscribe and follow different Environment Agency projects that interest you.

You can then follow the Future Flood Resilience for Chelmsford project by using the Subscribe button. This will add you to our mailing list for notifications when we release any significant updates or announce events. You can also check the Newsfeed section below which will be regularly updated with news and project progress.

If you have further questions, please use the email in the right hand sidebar under the Working in Partnership section.

Remember - please Register and Subscribe to use the full Quick Poll and Questions form.

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Page last updated: 03 Dec 2025, 10:07 AM