Property Flood Resilience – Drop in sessions Wednesday 15th and 22nd May – 2.30 to 7.30pm Admiral Rodney, King Street, Southwell. The Southwell Flood Alleviation Scheme is moving forward and one of the initial proposals to be implemented is to design and install Property Flood Resilience measures for a number of homes to help protect… Read more »
Measures to reduce risk of Southwell homes flooding moves closer
Nottinghamshire County Council press release 4th April 2019 As part of its wider £5m flood mitigation proposals, Nottinghamshire County Council has reached the final stages of securing a contractor to undertake the work needed to make sure that homes in Southwell which are most vulnerable to future flooding are as well-protected as possible. This follows… Read more »
National Flood Forum bulletin – February 2019
National Flood Forum apologises for its lateness. In this issue the focus is on Kent – read about some of the Flood Action Groups activities and experiences in that area. Click to read more – NFF February Bulletin
Taking measures to tackle flooding in Southwell
A muddy field at the highest point overlooking Southwell Minster is the scene of the latest moves in the £4.5m scheme to avoid a repeat of the torrents of water that flooded the town in the summer of 2013. Read more in the Newark Advertiser article about Josh Wells’ work with Trent Rivers Trust on… Read more »
Working with Natural Processes – the evidence behind Natural Flood Management
The Environment Agency organised a series of 14 NFM Roadshows throughout the country. Some delegates from Southwell Flood Forum attended the East Midlands event on 29th May 2018. Here is the programme with links to each of the presentations – which includes one from Josh Wells, PhD student at Brackenhurst. Josh has since built on… Read more »
Yorkshire Water starts to plant 1 million trees – helps flood risk
A new Northern Forest will strengthen and accelerate the benefits of community forestry, support landscape scale working for nature, deliver a wide range of benefits including helping to reduce flood risk, and adapt some of the UK’s major towns and cities to projected climate change. Yorkshire Water starts to plant 1 million trees over 10… Read more »
Update on Southwell Flood Alleviation Project in the news
Vice-chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Communities and Place Committee, Councillor Phil Rostance tells how the £5m Flood Alleviation Scheme to transform Southwell’s flood defences is now gaining momentum Read more Article in the Southwell Advertiser 22nd November 2018
Southwell Flood Alleviation Scheme is taking shape
Report from Nottinghamshire County Council – November 2018 Vice-chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Communities and Place Committee, Councillor Phil Rostance tells how the £5m Flood Alleviation Scheme to transform Southwell’s flood defences is now gaining momentum We know that flooding devastates local communities. Southwell has of course suffered repeated, extensive flooding in recent years. Which… Read more »
UK Flood Barriers have gone into receivership
Have you been affected by UK Flood Barriers? This may also affect connected companies or associated company names. If you are affected and need to speak to the company you may wish to contact the receivers, MB Insolvency – 01905 776771. The National Flood Forum helpline – 01299403055 is available if there are issues… Read more »
Southwell Flood Alleviation Scheme Summary – April 2018
Read below or click to download the Southwell Flood Alleviation Scheme Summary Spring 2018 which was distributed via the Bramley newspaper on 4th May 2018. SOUTHWELL FLOOD ALLEVIATION SCHEME UPDATE April 2018 General The Southwell Flood Forum (“SFF”) and Nottinghamshire County Council (“NCC”) believe that it is important that the people of Southwell, and especially… Read more »
