]> 2026-04-07T10:55:47+00:00 Case study:Low Stanger Floodplain Reconnection Project 500 en Approved West Cumbria Rivers Trust Natural England Environment Agency Natural England Environment Agency Yes No Yes false No 54.6375141,-3.3386376999999 Ian West Cumbria Rivers Trust Creighton ,Lowering of embankments,, ,,, 23685 Natural England, Environment Agency, 11 Low Stanger Floodplain.png Complete There have been significant flooding issues in the town of Cockermouth in recent years. A new flood defence scheme was constructed in 2014, which was overtopped by Storm Desmond in December 2015. There is no single solution and it will need multiple and varied solutions working with landowners to help flatten the flood peak in order to reduce future flood risk. At Low Stanger Farm (see Map 1), the existing flood embankment was breached along 4 sections to increase flood storage when the River Cocker is out of channel Low Stanger Floodplain Reconnection Project low stanger floodplain reconnection project http://www.therrc.co.uk/sites/default/files/projects/11_lowstanger.pdf No Lowering of embankments Cocker cocker Flood risk management Habitat and biodiversity Hydromorphology 2018-11-01T14:34:13Z 2458424.1070949 2018-11-01T14:38:27Z 2458424.1100347 Low Stanger Floodplain Reconnection Project 500 [2,"smw_unitnotallowed","\u00a3"] Low Stanger Floodplain Reconnection Project# ERR7c4821480ce616a602940635f30465e2