Calderdale flood schemes are set to benefit from a funding boost, the Environment Agency has announced.

Thousands of homes and businesses in Yorkshire & the Humber will be better protected from flooding due to investment in 94 new and upgraded schemes.

This sits within an £1.4billion national investment in flood defences in 2026/27 – part of the largest flood programme in England's history, with at least £10.5 billion being invested between 2024 and 2036 to protect homes, businesses and critical infrastructure.

In Calderdale a number of projects will benefit from the funding, including the Brighouse Flood Alleviation Scheme which is set to receive £2.4million from the funding.

An artist’s impression of the Wellholme Park component of the Brighouse Flood scheme.

placeholder image — An artist’s impression of the Wellholme Park component of the Brighouse Flood scheme.

The scheme is helping to protect 55 residential and 359 non-residential properties from flooding by repairing and replacing flood defences along the River Calder.

Floods Minister Emma Hardy said: "Flooding can turn lives upside down in a matter of hours, destroying homes, shutting down businesses and leaving communities facing months of heartbreak and recovery.

"This £1.4 billion investment will help protect tens of thousands of homes and businesses across the country and strengthen the defences families rely on when the worst happens.

"We've already stepped in to stabilise our flood assets after years of decline and this funding goes further, creating thousands of jobs, protecting communities from billions of pounds of damage, and unlocking new homes and businesses in places made safer from flooding."

An artist's impression of how St Pol car park will look at the end of the Hebden Bridge flood alleviation scheme.

Here is a list of Calderdale schemes to be invested in between April 2026 and March 2027:

Back Waterloo-Todmorden
Beaters Clough Debris Screen Remediation
Brighouse Flood Alleviation Scheme
Calderdale Culvert Investment Programme
Copley Village Flood Alleviation Scheme
Cottonstones near Lumb-Calderdale flood alleviation scheme
Erringden Hillside
Hebble Brook-Halifax
Hebden Bridge Flood Alleviation Scheme
Mytholmroyd Flood Alleviation Scheme
Rossendale View-Harvelin Park
Stubbing Holme Road
Upper Calder Natural Flood Management

Lyn Peart, Environment Agency Area Director for Yorkshire & the Humber, said: “This investment allows the Environment Agency and our partners to deliver 94 flood schemes across Yorkshire and the Humber, protecting thousands of homes and businesses from flooding.

“Working with local councils and partners, we’re delivering a wide range of projects, from traditional flood defences to natural flood management, to protect communities better now and into the future.”