Wiltshire consults on flooding

The council's 'Local Flood Risk Management Strategy' will be considered by the cabinet next Tuesday (Dec 16th). As with most WC documents it's rather wordy and repetitive but it attempts the difficult job of setting out how the council will deal with the threat of flooding. The production of the strategy is a government requirement.

It explains that the three types of flooding - river, groundwater and run-off - need to be dealt with, and it looks at how flood prevention might be funded. The council is keen for householders and landowners to take much of the responsibility for protecting their own property.

The council also has its own aspirations such as attempting to get roadside drains and gullies kept in better condition, and doing works to prevent flooding in some of the worst affected spots. It is also very keen on working with other organisations such as the Environment Agency, and water and sewage companies.

The cabinet agenda is here . Item 9 is the strategy and item 10 is the operational response plan.

The consultation on the strategy is open until the end of January and can be accessed here.

Your say: - "Are you aware that wiltshire council currently has a draft local flood risk management strategy which is meant to show how the council is using our taxes to reduce flood risk and control development to ensure flooding is not increased. In the report it states clearly that the council lacks flood details and that due to this areas at risk of flooding might be missed from the report and as such receive no flood relief, or defence. At the moment there is a draft LFRMS consultation on wiltshire website but there has been zero advertising of either report or consultation preventing the community from having their say and highlighting areas at risk but unknown to the council. Why wouldn't Wiltshire Council advertise this opportunity on any of their advertising platforms, the main website, the community websites for the county, and the Wiltshire magazine all failed to alert readers to the consultation. Is this to prevent people from voicing their disgust at the shoddy work the current council are doing to reduce flood risk putting people at risk and wasting large sums of money. Are you going to advertise this to the public and show a proactive approach rather that just commenting on the councils failings?" - Al.