Design and build your nature-based solutions for water resources project

Publication Year

2026

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Comprises the third section of four making up the Nature-based solutions for water resources handbook, explaining the design and build approach to the implementation of nature-based solutions (NbS) for water resources. Covers: before developing the NbS design, assign roles and responsibilities, designing the NbS, impact assessments, get permissions, building the NbS project, next steps when the NbS is built and contacting the Environment Agency.

Document History

Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nature-based-solutions-for-water-resources-handbook/3-design-and-build-your-nature-based-solutions-for-water-resources-project and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 17 August 2026.

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