INFORMATION ON PREPARING FOR FLOODING
- Parish Flood Plan – 2026 – Updated January 2026
- Check with the Environment Agency for Flooding near you
- HCC Community Toolkit to help in planning, preparing and managing the risk of flooding
- Parish Flood Plan – (useful contact details sheet only)
USEFUL MAPS
- Copythorne PC – Main Rivers – Copythorne North
- Copythorne PC – Main Rivers – Copythorne South
- Copythorne PC – Location of Flooding hotspots
INFORMATION FROM HCC (the “Lead Local Flood Authority”)
- HCC – Catchment Approach to Flood Risk Management
Copythorne is within the Test Lower Catchment - HCC – How to Report Flooding
- HCC – Flood Risk Management Guidance for Landowners
- HCC – Have produced a useful video (available via the following “YouTube” link) outlining maintenance responsibilities for watercourses.
- HCC – Guide to Ordinary Watercourse Consenting (please note some links in document may be out of date)
- Flooding and Drainage (your responsibilities as a landowner)
INFORMATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- Environment Agency – Your Watercourse: Rights and Roles
- EA Guide to rights and responsibilities of riverside ownership
- Check if you need to apply for an Environmental Permit for work (including tree maintenance) near a main river:- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-activities-environmental-permits
OTHER DOCUMENTS
Comments received from a resident regarding the 2024 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment commissioned by Portsmouth City Council for NFDC, NFNPA (and others) and the Parish Council’s response to those comments (January 2026).
HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
- HCC Members Briefing on
recentflooding – Jan 2024 - HCC Flood & Water Management Team – Copythorne South Bartley Water (“The Bartley Report”) – Produced October 2021 with amendments July 2022
- HCC Flood & Water Management Team – Copythorne Village Flood Risk Investigation Report (December 2021 revision)
- NFDC Bartley Flood Relief Scheme Project Appraisal Report 2005