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THE Southwell Flood Project includes the construction of an earth bund across Potwell Dyke, aligned in a west to east direction before extending southwards, and the provision of a control structure allowing the rate of water flow along the dyke to be restricted.
This will ensure that homes downriver from the bund will be better protected in the event of a storm. Planning permission for the project was granted on the 30th of January 2025.

As part of the Southwell Flood Project, clearance works are planned to take place on a limited area of the land south of Higgons Mead on Church Street. These works are necessary to facilitate an archaeological survey which is scheduled to take place from July to September this year, The survey will involve an excavation which must be conducted to fulfil planning conditions before the construction of the main project starts next year in the summer.

The clearance of veg-tation will be limited to the area required to enable the archaeological excavation. All the vegetation to be cleared will be subject to bird nesting checks by a suitably qualified ecologist immediately prior to the works. The vegetation within the depression will be cleared in a directional two stage cut under ecological supervision by the ecologist to allow for the dispersal of common amphibians to adjacent retained habitat. In addition, any potential hibernacula features will be subject to fingertip search prior to disturbance. The clearance work will take two days to complete and will start on 8th April.
If you have any queries about the works, please contact Via’s Project Team at: southwellfloodalleviation@viaem.co.uk.
Further information can be found on the Nottingham County Council website.
Via in partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council

Mansfield’s sustainable flood resilience

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The project started in Spring 2022 and aims to finish by 2025 Severn Trent Water, working in partnership with Mansfield District Council, is investing £76m in installing sustainable drainage systems across the town, to create a greener, cleaner Mansfield to help protect against flooding, while bringing big community benefits. New Year, new drainage for Mansfield!… Read more »

New Floods Taskforce must prioritise nature-based approach to flood resilience

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As more flooding hits the UK, the Landscape Institute (LI) is calling on the government’s new Floods Resilience Taskforce to adopt a strategic, nature-based approach to flood resilience. AtkinsRealis: Greenspace and flood wall The perpetuation of a ‘fixing problems’ approach, rather than a preventative one, will only increase risk to communities, and undermine the benefits… Read more »

Bramley news – Potwell mitigation, TV appearance

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Update on Potwell Dyke alleviation. Recently we were invited to an online catch-up recently with VIA on the Potwell Dyke alleviation scheme. The outstanding three ‘holding objections’ about the project have been addressed by VIA and the interested bodies meaning the planning application will now be going to committee in January. There will be some… Read more »

Bramley – Natural Flood Management

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An innovative talk on natural flood management (NFM) was held at Nottingham Trent University Brackenhurst Campus (supported by WWF and AVIVA Insurance). The talk was prompted by the Southwell Flood Forum who have been actively supporting NFM alongside mor traditional techniques to reduce flood risk. Dr Lucy Clarke at the University provided an overvieww of… Read more »

Bramley News – Southwell Flood Forum at Lowes Wong

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Core members of the Southwell Flood Forum Holger Kessler, Rob Fisher and Jacky Huson had a great day with year 4 pupils and teachers at Lowes Wong School, Southwell last month when we gave an afternoon’s session on flooding to each of the three classes. The school grounds are at the highest point in Southwell… Read more »

Natural Flood Management – animated films highlight the benefits

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Cumbria Wildlife Trust and partners have created four entertaining and engaging Creature Comforts-style animations to highlight how NFM can help protect Cumbria’s homes, businesses and farms. Funded by the Environment Agency the short films demonstrate how these techniques decrease flooding downstream, reduce the impact of drought on land, and reduce pollutants in water. NFM is… Read more »

National Flood Forum webinars

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National Flood Forum has been arranging a series of zoom meetings during lockdown with a series of expert speakers. Topics covered a range of relevant topics including ‘Working with local Councils’, ‘Weather forecasting’, ‘Digital maps’, ‘Riparian owners and management’, ‘Natural Flood Management’, ‘Working with water companies’, ‘Planning framework’, ‘SUDS and adoption’. These have been immensely useful… Read more »

Flood and Coast Conference Report and Video

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This is usually a national two-day event at Telford and Tim Farr and Jacky Huson attended in 2017 when Tim was invited to give a presentation on Southwell Flood Forum and be on a panel. This year they are offering a series of webinars, the first of which is Creating Climate Resilient Places. These digital… Read more »