Consultations on both the draft river basin management and flood risk management plans give CaBA partnerships the opportunity to provide their views on long-term objectives for the water environment and measures to achieve them, and to help inform plans and actions to manage flood risk. These resources provide an overview of both consultations and provide guidance on responding.
Catchment PlanningFlood Risk Management PlanRiver Basin Management Plan
A full list of all catchment partnerships including links to their catchment management plans.
The Desktop CaBA GIS Data Package is a set of over 150 data layers, which is provided to CaBA Catchment Hosts under a license negotiated centrally with the data providers. Version 5 is a complete refresh of all the preceding versions and has some great new data in it too.
Rural Land ManagementWater ResourcesWater QualityUrban Water ManagementUsing Data & EvidenceVolunteers & Citizen ScienceFlood ResilienceRiver Restoration & WildlifeWater StewardshipEstuaries & CoastsClimate ChangeNatural CapitalTechnical Support & Training
A proposed approach to ensure plans meet partners’ needs, are compliant with legal commitments and helps achieve outcomes despite limited resource.
Monitoring ChangeTechnical Support & Training
This guide covers the first stages of setting up and developing the catchment based approach, as far as planning for action to deliver improvements.
This document provides evaluation tools for catchment partnerships to self-assess their capabilities.
The main component of a CaBA catchment plan is a list of projects and activities that move the partnership towards its vision for the catchment, whilst delivering the strategic objectives of key CaBA organisations including the Environment Agency, Natural England, Water Companies and Local Authorities.
Develop shared priorities for a catchment so CaBA partnerships have an opportunity to feed in local evidence about other benefits, in addition to WFD.
Technical Support & TrainingEngaging Stakeholders
Your catchment partnership will need to refresh your vision every five years. Here are some examples to get your started.
Technical Support & TrainingTemplates
An overview of how to get started on your catchment management plan.
TemplatesTechnical Support & Training
The Catchment Data Explorer (CDE) is an online data download and visualization tool for river basin planning data.
Using Data & EvidenceWater QualityApps & Tools