Purpose

The purpose of Operation
Watershed is to support people in their local communities who want
to work with the County Council to become more prepared for, or to
reduce the risk of, flooding. Local groups are encouraged to apply
for funding to finance schemes and projects of all sizes as a way
of achieving this.
 
£0.414m is allocated for
Operation Watershed in 2025/26, including carry forward from
previous years (£0.400m) and a further £1.800m in the
capital programme pipeline 2026/27 to 2029/30 for Future Years
Operation Watershed agreed by Full Council in February
2025.
 
In this period,
May 2025, five full applications have been received and evaluated
with a total project cost of £0.148m
 

Decision

The Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate
Change has approved the applications from the community groups or
parish councils as set out in section 2 and Appendix A of the
report. Total value of the awards is £147,704.09.