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Consultation outcome – Operational reforms to the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) consenting process

Posted on April 6, 2024April 6, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

The Environment Agency is currently seeking a Development Consent Order for the River Thames Scheme. For anybody interested in possible changes to the NSIP process (that is used to gain a Development…

Storm Henk floods: Applications open for support

Posted on April 6, 2024April 6, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Flood Recovery Grants, Council Tax Exemptions and Business Rate Reliefs are now available to those who have been impacted by flooding from Storm Henk at the start of January. Information for grants…

Flood Petition closed – over 1,300 already signed – now on the RBWM agenda for 16/4/2024

Posted on April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

  Firstly – a big ‘thank you’ to all those who have put their names to this petition which has closed and will be considered at the next RBWM Council Meeting on…

EA Public Exhibition (October 2009) – and still no progress?

Posted on April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

The adjacent image was published and distributed by Datchet Parish Council.  The document refers to an Environment Agency exhibition in Datchet on 23rd October 2009.  The subject was the Lower Thames Flood…

Drone video footage – Wraysbury Village Green – flooded – January 2024

Posted on April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

https://www.nationalvillagecup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/WhatsApp-Video-2024-01-18-at-10.58.13.mp4 Video link to Voneus Cup web site (Thank you)

Three months on and the cricket pitch is still flooded

Posted on April 1, 2024April 3, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Wraysbury Village Green (and the cricket pitch) is still flooded after the January 2024 event.  The image is dated 1st April 2024 and is no joke.  The cricket pitch is unusable today…

No farmers – No food – No future?

Posted on March 31, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Farmers protested in London recently.  Invest just 14 minutes of your time on YouTube to watch local farmer Colin Rayner (from Windsor) and others highlighting current farming issues!  Please let me know…

Concerned about flooding and river pollution?

Posted on March 30, 2024March 31, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Tired of seeing your homes and businesses flooded? Stop-the-floods is a web site that highlights many River Thames issues including flooding and pollution. The River Thames has been a vital waterway for…

DRAFT LETTER – RBWM to Defra – Ref RTS and Channel One

Posted on March 21, 2024March 31, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Below is the text of a DRAFT LETTER from RBWM to Defra – clarifying the Council position (and with Parish Council support) in respect of the River Thames Scheme and Channel One. …

Environment Agency Whistleblower Sounds Alarm on Thames Crisis

Posted on March 21, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

(This is an extract from the Medium web site for writers on any topic) In an exclusive interview, an insider from the Environment Agency sheds light on the alarming state of the…

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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