Flooding: Drainage & Watercourses - Nottinghamshire County Council

APPENDIX A
Flooding (drainage and watercourses)
Parish Council Response
27 affected Parish Councils in Nottinghamshire detailed their experiences of
the 2007 floods – their main concerns, the things that went well, the things
to be improved and the level of partnership working that took place.
The main concern was with poor maintenance - to dykes, ditches, drains
and culverts and the problems of contamination from raw sewage.
Only Bleasby, Caunton and Weston Parish Councils considered that anything
went well and that was the response, both before and after the flooding, of
District and County Councils, the Environment Agency and the Drainage
Board.
The Parish Councils would like to see a faster and better-coordinated
response to the flooding with better co-ordination and communications
between the emergency services and the different authorities. Clarity over
ownership of dykes, culverts and drains - and who has responsibility for
maintenance and repair - would also be a welcome improvement.
Misterton Parish Council reported a ‘top class service’ from the County
Council and Caunton commended Newark & Sherwood District Council for
an ‘excellent job’. However, Dunham on Trent considered the response of
Severn Trent to have been too slow, while Rolleston Parishioners felt
‘isolated and neglected’ and considered that effective partnership working
had not taken place.
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