The lodge was heavily overgrown and required extensive desilting and bank renovation
Hello from everyone at the Environment Agency and welcome to our latest round-up exclusively for Rochdale Online. With summer just over the horizon, our teams have been busy getting prepared for the start of a new season.
Read on to find out how we have been dealing with flood risk, fish and all the day-to-day activities that protect our environment whatever the weather.
Out and about with the EA Field Teams
All has been relatively calm following Storm Christoph and our field teams have caught up on clearing away the debris left behind. We have 134 debris screens in the area of Rochdale and wider Greater Manchester, which all get checked on a regular basis, but over the last couple of months, the team has also responded to around 50 reports from members of the public who have spotted issues in their local watercourse. These have consisted of all types of blockages from trees to illegal fly tipp
Plans for York flood storage area approved by planning chiefs
Ryedale District Council and City of York Council have both given their approval for plans for the flood storage area in York to go ahead.
From:
11 December 2020
Plans to create a flood storage area on the River Foss north of Strensall have now been given the green light by two local authority planning committees.
Work is expected to start next spring on the new flood storage area to better protect 490 vulnerable homes between Strensall and The Groves area of York from flooding.
The scheme, which falls within the boundary of two councils, has been approved by Ryedale District Council’s planners this week – and was given the go ahead by City of York Council last month (November).