Lincolnshire County Council vows to improve approach to flooding after Christmas chaos in Bourne and Spalding Published: 06:00, 07 March 2021
Lincolnshire County Council has vowed to improve its approach to flooding as a result of the issues at Christmas.
A meeting of the council s flood and water management scrutiny committee heard criticism of the council s response to flooding on December 23 and 24, in particular in Bourne and Spalding.
The council s head of environment David Hickman said lessons had been learned but that the council was caught off-guard because more rain fell than had been forecast.
Flooding in Bourne. Photo: Jason Richardson (43710946) In the immediate run up to Christmas we suffered some localised high impact flooding particularly in South Kesteven and South Holland.
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Flooding concern over Surfleet flats plan
| Updated: 15:20, 17 February 2021
Planners have held off making a decision on a bid to convert a pub into flats over flooding concerns.
Members of South Holland District Councilâs Planning Committee deferred N Bondâs application to create seven flats at the Riverside Hotel in Surfleet.
Councillors expressed safety concerns about a one bedroom flat being created within the buildingâs cellar due to the location next to the River Welland.
Riverside Hotel in Surfleet.
Officers have been asked to go back and look at the flood risk on the site.
The virtual meeting on Wednesday was told that the majority of the building was in flood zone one, while there was an element in flood zone 3 along with the fact that Environment Agency (EA) had lodged a technical objection.
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