DIG End October Report

  • Flooding this Month

    Another flooding event happened in the Warrendene area, on Saturday 19th October following a prolonged downpour. The Harrow was flooded internally as was at least one of the houses along Valley Road towards Deeters.

    Following efforts by David Carroll on our behalf, he has been able to hold an online meeting with Jilly Jordan, the Bucks Council Deputy Cabinet Member Environment and Climate Change. She has provided us with a detailed letter, with input provided by the Flood Management team. This is attached for you to read.

    Jilly has agreed to a meeting with us and residents in the New Year. HVRA DIG intend that this  this meeting should be a start in getting a Capital Works project underway for Warrendene.

    HVRA will discuss this letter with David Carroll at the Tuesday 5th Nov monthly meeting. We have noted several inconsistencies in the letter and will reply to Jilly in the next few days about them. Meanwhile, it is attached for you to read.

    • Update from Andrew Morsley on Natural Flood Management

    As you know, Andrew is engaged through Bucks Council investigating the causes and producing potential solutions to the surface water making its way down to and causing flooding in Warrendene. Andrew reports:

    • I have installed a camera at Winnies cottage and a pressure transducer in the ditch on Warrendene rd.  We captured the storm 10 days or so ago.  I will retrieve camera data next week:
    1. I have meeting with a number of landowners, including Hampden estate this week.   I will follow up with site visits in the coming weeks.   If appropriate I will invite you along.
    2. Modelling has been been commissioned; I expect initial results in December.
    3. We have spoken to the council about property flood resilience (PFR ) and they have agreed that this can form part of our recommendations and they are exploring funding options.
    • Paper Submitted to Flood Response Committee

    We provided a paper to the Bucks Select Committee on Flood Response in mid-September, which was circulated to the DIG.

    The committee has just issued its findings from the inquiry. I will circulate that in the next week or two.

    Paul Wooodford

    4 Nov 2024