For the July 2024 RTS Newsletter, click here.
For the August 2024 RTS Newsletter, click here.
For the May 2026 RTS update, click here.
For an explanation of how the River Thames Scheme will affect Laleham, click
here.
For an explanation of the River Thames Scheme, and the Community Stakeholder Working Group (via which local community bodies such as the LRA are being consulted), click
here.
For the minutes of the first meeting of the Community Stakeholder Working Group, held on 9 August 2023, click here. These minutes include answers to two questions raised by the LRA, relating to property insurance for flood risk, and road traffic generated by scheme construction.
For the minutes of the second meeting of the Community Stakeholder Working Group, held on 14 November 2023, click here. These minutes include answers to two questions raised by the LRA, relating to access to a lake by a local club, and official notices that mention the Compulsory Purchase Act etc.
For a summary of a meeting with the River Thames Scheme team, held on 21 November 2023, relating to “Landscaping and the Green Infrastructure”, click here. This meeting revealed for the first time some significant new aspects.
For a map showing the proposed new channels, that are intended to reduce flood risk, click here.
For a map showing the levels of flood risk across the Laleham area, click here. The map comes from the Environment Agency, as at December 2022. Flood zone 3 has the highest risk.
A flood risk assessment for specific properties is available by clicking here.
Update as at October 2026
The best that can be said is that the RTS appears to be continuing. The latest update from the RTS team itself is from May 2026, see above.
The update states “We aim to submit it [the revised outline business case] to Defra and HM Treasury before summer 2026, for their approval.” A subsequent update provided to the Spelthorne Partnership Assembly (14 Sep 2026) mentions a £17M funding to keep the project alive. It also predicts submitting the business case to Defra in the “autumn” [of 2026]. So the project is slipping further.
Note this is only an “outline” business case. Previously we had been tracking the anticipated date for the Development Consent Order (DCO) application, not a new business case. That DCO application date must now be a long way ahead.