Wortley Beck
Reducing flood risk, improving water quality and supporting wildlife habitats in and around Wortley Beck.
Reducing flood risk, improving water quality and supporting wildlife habitats in and around Wortley Beck.
This project builds on recent work to reduce flooding in local communities while also helping improve the health of the Wortley Beck waterway and nearby woodlands.
Working with the Environmental Agency, we are using new natural measures at Wortley Beck to lower flood risk and improve the water quality. This includes:
As a result of these improvements, this will:
This work builds on three years of investment in the catchment as part of the wider Live Streaming Leeds partnership project, led by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and working jointly with Leeds City Council and Yorkshire Water.
The project will work alongside a traditional flood alleviation scheme that is being developed downstream by Leeds City Council and the Environmental Agency. Together, this will help reduce the risk of flooding to communities that often face flooding.
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is working with the Environment Agency and their partners to deliver this project.
The project started in December 2023 and is expected to be completed in December 2026.
As part of the West Yorkshire devolution deal, this project received £966,000 funding from the Devolution Gainshare (Climate and Environment Plan: Wave 1).
This programme is a series of measures to help prevent flooding. They aim to:
The £7 million-pound Natural Flood Management (NFM) programme uses methods that work with the environment and replicate natural processes.
As well as the NFM programme, there is £10million available to focus on flood prevention infrastructure. This will support a wide range of engineering schemes delivered in partnership with the Environment Agency and local authorities. This will protect 2,560 homes and 2,271 businesses, as well as safeguarding around 29,000 full time jobs.
For more information, please email our team.
