Tagged: lead flood authority
Government: Too Slow to Tackle Flooding say MPs
The Government has been too slow to implement changes that would protect homes and businesses from the shattering effects of flooding and needs to get on with implementing them, MPs have warned in the run-up to scrutiny of the draft Water Bill. The select committee for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) sets out the [...]
Cornwall Council Seeks Funding Reassurances from Government
Cornwall Council is to write to the Defra Minister seeking assurances that the Government will continue to provide funding to enable the authority to carry out its responsibilities for flood management. The Flood and Water Management Act introduced by the Government in 2010 gave local councils a number of new statutory duties related to flood [...]
Local Authority Survey – SuDS: The State of the Nation
Engineering Nature’s Way is launching SuDS: The State of the Nation, a national survey to investigate local authorities’ preparations for new SuDS approving roles and to gain insights into their vision for the use of SuDS in future. The survey follows the Government’s announcement of a further delay in the start-up of the new SuDS [...]
New Training and Guidance Meets SuDS Approving Body (SAB) Concerns
Local authority delegates attending the first of our new training sessions for SABS have welcomed the guidance and support it has provided against a background of continuing uncertainty. The training, organised by Hydro International, Arup and Micro Drainage Ltd is dedicated to providing practical and pragmatic advice to SABS on how to interpret Government guidance [...]
The Top 7 Unanswered Questions on SuDS Standards
With one voice, a cry for ‘clarity, clarity, clarity’ has gone out to Government in response to the National SuDS Standards consultation. There are strong indications that both local government and industry believe the standards, as they currently stand, are not yet fit for purpose. The devil is definitely in the detail as far as [...]
More warnings of flood risk funding shortfalls from MPs and insurers
MPs have warned of a serious ‘mismatch’ between the need to manage flood risks effectively in England and the available budget. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s report on Flood Risk Management in England warns that there is great deal of uncertainty about whether there will be enough money to maintain and improve flood [...]
NCE Flood Management Conference
New Civil Engineer is hosting its annual Flood Management Conference in December with a line-up of high profile speakers According the NCE, the expert speakers include: Dr Jean Venables, Chief Executive, Association of Drainage Authorities David Rooke, Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency Daniel Johns, Head of Funding, Insurance & Outcomes, Defra [...]
Public Spending Watchdog warns of Local Authority Skills Gap in Flood Risk Management
The National Audit Office – the public spending watchdog – has warned that giving greater responsibility and discretion to local authorities to identify flood risk and target investment ‘raises significant challenges’, especially during a time of budget cuts and other newly devolved responsibilities. In a report published today, the NAO says it considers that greater [...]
Pioneering SUDS in Oxfordshire
Plans to increase housing provision in the picturesque historic market town of Witney, 10 miles west of Oxford are set out in the Oxfordshire Structure Plan which makes provision for some 3,000 dwellings up to the period 2016. One such site, on the former playing fields of Henry Box school, was identified by Oxfordshire County [...]
Local authorities build up flood management skills
Local authorities’ expertise on flood risk management has increased significantly in the last year, according to a report in New Civil Engineer. According to the report, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) surface water team Roger Orpin told an ICE East of England flooding conference, that council’s understanding had increased dramatically. Read the [...]
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) – the challenges ahead for SABs
We have come a long way in the last 10 years in getting surface water drainage considered at masterplanning stage on larger developments. Their outline planning applications are generally accompanied by a comprehensive flood risk assessment and drainage strategy. There is still, however, a real difficulty in getting these outline proposals reflected in the detailed [...]
SUDS From the Start
Local Authority Shared Case Study: An Aylesbury housing development demonstrates how Local Authorities should insist on SUDS principles from the outset of master planning. This is one of a series of case study examples shared by Local Authorities on Engineering Nature’s Way to outline the experiences of local authorities in introducing SUDS principles in their [...]
“Stormwater Management – What about quality?” Conference (12/5/11)
A QUESTION of quality set the agenda for a keynote industry conference to discuss the future of urban stormwater management and surface water treatment in the UK. A speakers’ panel of highly-respected industry experts and leading academic took to the podium at the Arup Campus, Solihull on May 12, 2011 to to explore differing multi-national experiences in [...]
“Stormwater Management – What about Quality?” Conference (12/5/11)
A QUESTION of quality set the agenda for a keynote industry conference to discuss the future of urban stormwater management and surface water treatment in the UK. A speakers’ panel of highly-respected industry experts and leading academic took to the podium at the Arup Campus, Solihull on May 12, 2011 to to explore differing multi-national experiences in [...]
Who will be the Consenting Body for Ordinary Watercourses?
The Government in its wisdom has decided to spread the enactment of the Flood and Water Management Act over a period of at least two years. From a recent meeting I attended, I understand from Defra that another element of the Act will be announced this October or perhaps next April, and this is who will be the Consenting Body for Ordinary Watercourses. Although this may be one of the small changes the Act makes, it is quite important.
Tonbridge Flood Plain Compensation
In developing 25 homes at Cannon Lane and Brook Lane in Tonbridge, Kent, Hillreed Homes had to implement specialist measures for building on a flood plain.
Hydro International Hosts SuDS Round Table Debate
Hydro International hosted SuDS: The State of the Nation, a Round Table debate to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing SuDS delivery.
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