THE DEVELOPMENT OFF EAGRY now known as EAGRY GARDENS

FLOODING.

Taken November 1999. Halliday's Garage in b/ground. Foreground grass is development site. But see new set of flooding photos taken 12 Mar. 2006

Part of the site floods at least once a year. Here's how the authorities and the developer propose to cope. With so many aspects to this flooding section. I have broken it down into segments. You can follow all the pages through in sequence, (Via the YELLOW BOXES) or choose from the following list.

Flooding Some notes. Which Agencies were given flood photos; Rivers Agency states they are against infilling; Planning Policy Guidelines for England (PPG25) ; Building on a floodplain? - Insurance and Mortgage problems. Photos Taken of the proposed site partly under water in 2002. If you wish to see even more, we have over 40 flooding photos here at No. 32, dating back to 1996, The Hillside Stream Aspects of the stream in spate which pours into St Columb's Rill The Rivers Agency recommendations Which says 'thou shalt not develop on the floodplain' then in the same paragraph says 'but you can develop on the flood plain'. Drawings show the huge amount of proposed infilling. A Letter Director of Operations explains why they have allowed infilling. Policy guidelines. Extracts from "Rivers Agency Policy for Protection of Floodplain" document. Make up your own mind if they are being adhered to. NEW PHOTOS !!! A photo album of the flooding which took place on 12th March 2006

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