Administrative Boundaries: Regional Flood and Coastal Committees in the UK

Regional Flood and Coastal Committees (RFCCs) are administrative boundaries established by the UK Environment Agency under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. The dataset likely contains the spatial delineations for these committees, which coordinate flood and coastal erosion risk management plans and investments across catchments and shorelines. The data is published by the Environment Agency and was last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping flood risk governance structures based on the described RFCC administrative boundaries.
• Analyzing regional coordination for coastal erosion investment based on the committee's stated purpose.
• Linking local flood authorities with national agencies based on the described role of RFCCs as a connecting body.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative UK Environment Agency.
• The description clearly defines the legal basis (Flood and Water Management Act 2010) and purpose of the committees.
• A specific last update timestamp (2026-07-06) is provided.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, focusing solely on UK administrative structures.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-06 07:08:51.633405

Geography

United Kingdom