Potwell Dyke flooding scheme approved It’s great news that the Potwell Dyke flood alleviation scheme has been approved after many years of planning and designing. The scheme will reduce flood risk to over 70 homes on Church Street, Easthorpe and downstream. During heavy rainfall, any overflow from the Potwell Dyke will be stored temporarily behind… Read more »
Town Council updates Emergency Plan
Heavy rainfall last year affected Southwell, with flooding occurring in several homes. During storms, Council Staff assist the flood wardens wherever they can. TheTown’s Environment Committee needs to reissue the Town’s Emergency Plan and has been working with members of the Flood Forum and other groups to make progress with this. It aims to update… Read more »
New publicly accessible defibrillator donated
DR Amanda Lewis-Evans and Dr Nina Vadgama have joined forces with Southwell Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic to provide an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) device. This life-saving equipment will be available for use by the public in the event of an emergency, ensuring that immediate assistance is available when every second counts. We have registered… Read more »
Mansfield’s sustainable flood resilience
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 »
Potwell Dyke alleviation scheme – planning approved
Article in Newark Advertiser Flood defence to help protect 70 Southwell homes from flooding approved by Nottinghamshire County Council Up to 70 Southwell homes will get protection from flooding after plans to build a huge earth mound were approved. Nottinghamshire County Council’s planning committee met today (January 28) to discuss the plans. They involve creating… Read more »
Green not grey leaflet
The Southwell Flood Forum, in collaboration with Green Southwell, has produced a leaflet Included in this month’s Bramley to Southwell residents help them reduce run-off from drives and increase biodiversity. The leaflet is also online here and at greensouthwell.org.uk
Bramley article – January 2025 – Volunteer groups thanked for flood action
The heavy rain on the 5th and 6th January came as an unwelcome reminder of Storm Henk at the same time last year. A very similar sequence of events occurred this time with villages including Lowdham, Halam and Woodborough facing surface water flooding of some roads and properties and then the villages in theTrent… Read more »
Defibrillators Southwell and surrounds
Map as at 2025_01_17
New Floods Taskforce must prioritise nature-based approach to flood resilience
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 »
Environment Agency – National assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England 2024
The new report is here Due to significant improvements in the Environment Agency’s data, modelling and use of technology, statistics show a 43% increase on the Environment Agency’s previous assessment for areas at risk of flooding from surface water. The report states that around 4.6 million properties are in areas at risk of flooding from… Read more »
