Council approves further funding for flood resilience projects

£10.5 million has been allocated to the council’s Flood Capital Programme over 2025-27, which will enable continued delivery of various flood resilience and alleviation projects across Buckinghamshire.

The measures are expected to reduce the risk of surface water, ordinary watercourse and groundwater flooding to over 200 residential properties across Buckinghamshire, with a focus on those communities identified as being most impacted by flooding.

Thomas Broom, Buckinghamshire Council’s Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment, said:

“Many residents have suffered the impact of flooding in recent years. Last year was the wettest on record, and in the last few weeks consistent heavy rain has resulted in flooding in several parts of the county.

“The impacts of climate change will only increase the flood risk in the future. Therefore, it’s vital that we invest to help make communities more resilient to flooding and I’m pleased that our Capital Flood Programme will be able to continue, following the release of this new funding.”

The projects being continued over 2025 to 2027 include:

• The Newt Ditch watercourse improvements in East Marlow;
• Pednormead End culvert replacement in Chesham;
• Pednormead End Property Flood Resilience (PFR) in Chesham;
• Thomas Harding School Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) Retrofit;
• Flood alleviation projects in Sands, West Marlow and Tingewick; and
• The Buckinghamshire (Thames) catchment and River Leck Natural Flood Management (NFM) projects, which aim to slow the passage of water through various catchment areas, using nature-based solutions.

When completed, these projects are expected to deliver reduced flood risk to residential properties, as well as biodiversity benefits, community/personal resilience and benefits to residents' mental health and wellbeing through a reduction in flood related trauma.

The council’s allocated funding is also being used to leverage further external investment.

Find out more about Buckinghamshire Council’s flood management services at: buckinghamshire.gov.uk/environment/flooding-and-flood-risk-management