View a gallery of photos from the event.
Southwell Flood Mitigation Plan – Your Feedback is important
This video shows an animation from the computer flood model for Southwell that seeks to replicate how water moved through the town during the flood event of the 23rd of July 2013. At this time the following points should be considered when viewing the flood model results: These are early and indicative results for the July 2013… Read more »
Southwell Flood Mitigation Meeting Feedback Form
This information can be sent after the Public Engagement Event on the 10th of April 2014 to: Flood Risk Management Team, Nottinghamshire County Council, Trent Bridge House, Fox Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 6BJ or emailed using the form below.
Public Meeting 10th April 2014
Photos from the Southwell Flood Forum public meeting on 18th April 2014 at the Minster School.
£730K to work out how to build on Lincoln flood site
Officials are setting aside £730,000 to start working out the best way of building up to 3,000 homes in Lincoln’s flood-prone Swanpool. Read more here
Bang Goes the Theory – Flooding
Tonight’s episode of Bang Goes the Theory on the BBC (Series 8, ep 6) was all about flooding. Did global warming play a part in the recent floods, or is it the extreme end of the natural cycle? Maggie Philbin investigates the threat of storm surge. Watch it on BBC iPlayer…
Fundraising Update – April
75 people came to the Coffee Morning held at the Old Vicarage Boutique Hotel on day of the meeting. The proprietor, Susanne Fitzpatrick, made everyone welcome with coffee,tea and home made bicuits so that all proceeds went directly to the Flood Fund. A big thank you to, Minster Gift-ware, Healthwell, Poppy Design, The Hen House,… Read more »
Residents view flooding model
More than 150 people attended a public meeting tonight to see a computer model which demonstrated how Southwell was affected by flooding in July. The meeting at The Minster School, Southwell, was organised by Southwell Flood Forum to discuss what progress had been made since the flooding in the town and the next steps towards… Read more »
National Flood Forum Conference 2014
Jacky Huson of Southwell Flood Forum attended this conference. “It was useful to network with other community flood groups and I made a couple of particularly useful contacts. When I talked to other local Flood groups, it was affirming that Southwell Flood Forum is developing very successfully with good practice and very much along the… Read more »
Emergency Planning Team Submits Road Closure Plan
The Emergency Planning Team has submitted its ambitious Road Closure Plan to Nottinghamshire County Council for approval by the Highways Department. Our Road Closure Plan for Southwell is thought to be the biggest and most complex in the country. The team has devised a systematic closure scheme to allow various roads to be closed when… Read more »
