Below is an open letter from Ian S to the Thames Area Customers and Engagement Team. Dear Mr/Ms Customers and Engagement Team – Thames Area, Thank you for your response. I note…
Some suggested items for DPC Meeting 12-1-2026
The following are some possible items for Datchet Parish Council Meeting Agenda 12-1-2026. Football Club: The parties to negotiate, agree and sign a lease before July 2026. Parish Office: The parties to…
Election – Wraysbury PC – 8th January 2026
An election will be held on Thursday 8th January 2026 to fill one vacancy on Wraysbury Parish Council. Billy Boyle and Gerry O’Rourke are the two candidates. The RBWM nomination form can…
RBWM Expression of Interest in the Mayoral Strategic Authority
This post relates to the Expression of Interest (EoI) by RBWM in a Mayoral Strategic Authority (MSA). I refer to some relevant sections of the 17/12/2025 RBWM Extraordinary Council Meeting YouTube video. …
Background to the Jubilee Flood Relief Channel
This is the Environment Agency’s ‘Background to the Jubilee Flood Relief Channel’ (previously called The Jubilee River) that you will find here Just ask yourself – why did the Environment Agency change…
EA Thames Area assets – list of failed bridges
You can read about the EA Thames Area assets. From the document: ‘In the Thames area we have a wide range of assets, including locks, weirs, flood defences, boat moorings and monitoring…
Beware of River Thames Scheme funding announcement
River Thames Scheme funding announcement?? Do not believe everything you read. This is what the River Thames Scheme web site says: Surrey County Council’s cabinet is set to agree £270 million of…
The soakaway crate fire hazard.
This is the soakaway/attenuation crate fire hazard problem. It is counter-intuitive but today, we are burying structural forms of inflammable plastics in the ground to create water storage and attenuation voids. We…
Datchet Parish Council election
Datchet Parish Council election RBWM Electoral Services have confirmed that a valid request has been made for an election to fill the current vacancy on Datchet Parish Council. The RBWM Notice of…
Election campaign notes from 2007
Just look at what I wrote in my election notes from May 2007. Here we are over 18 years later and the probability of flooding is still increasing. My first significant contact…