EWCO - Flood Risk Management

Spatial data supporting appropriately located and designed woodland creation to help reduce flood risk by slowing flood flows and increasing the retention and infiltration of water on the land.<div><br /><div><p>The layer shows where there is ‘Opportunity for Floodplain’
woodland creation and ‘Opportunity for Wider Catchment’ woodland creation.</p><p>Appropriately located and designed proposals can help reduce
flood risk by slowing flood flows and increasing the retention and infiltration
of water on the land by creating; woodland in the wider catchment – creating
woodland here can help to, reduce fertiliser and pesticide usage, protect
sensitive soils from disturbance and erosion, increase infiltration and reduce
water runoff and intercept sediment and chemical pollutants in run-off, reducing
the delivery of pollutants to watercourses.</p><p>Floodplain woodland – creating woodland here can act as a
permeable partial barrier to a river when in flood, helping to slow flood
flows.</p><p>Riparian woodland – creating woodland along watercourses can
create a buffer between rivers and the adjacent land, reducing water
temperature by providing shade and slowing flood flow water delivery to
watercourses.</p><p>Cross-slope woodland – creating smaller areas (typically
shelterbelts) of woodland (all types) across hill slopes can reduce rapid
runoff from higher land. Trees also encourage infiltration and increase the
soil’s water storage capacity.</p><br /></div><div><p><span>Data input sources:</span></p>

<p><a href='https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/2a4bcf6e-3880-4c0b-9986-6cafbec89faf/spatial-prioritisation-of-catchments-suitable-for-using-natural-flood-management' rel='nofollow ugc'><span><span style='background:white;'>Spatial prioritisation of
catchments suitable for Natural Flood Management</span></span><span></span></a><span><span style='color:#4C4C4C; background:white;'> </span></span><span style='color:#4C4C4C; background:white;'>(Environment
Agency)</span></p>

<p><a href='https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/bed63fc1-dd26-4685-b143-2941088923b3/flood-map-for-planning-rivers-and-sea-flood-zone-3' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='background:white;'>Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea) - Flood Zone 3</span></a><span style='color:#4C4C4C; background:white;'> (Environment Agency)</span></p>

<p><span style='color:black; background:white;'>Soil-derived
spatial prioritisation of woodland creation for NFM in the wider catchment
(Forest Research).</span></p><br /></div><div><p>Attributes:</p>

<p>‘LANDSCAPE’ – the targeting category:<span>  </span>Opportunity for Floodplain Woodland /
Opportunity for Wider Catchment Woodland.</p>

<p>‘AreaHa’ – Area of the feature in hectares.</p><br /></div><div><p>Lineage:</p>

<p>First published to support the woodland creation grant under
Countryside Stewardship (CS), launched in 2015.<span> 
</span>The layer methodology was then revised by Forest Research and the layer
was updated in 2022 to cater for the new England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO)
scheme.</p>

<p>A detailed methodology describing the development of this
layer can be requested from [e-mail].</p></div></div>