Thank you for your emails and letter regarding the River Thames Scheme application. The proposed application above is currently at the Pre-application stage of the Planning Act 2008 process. Further information about…
Wraysbury, Datchet and Old Windsor left out of River Thames Scheme Consultation
Wraysbury, Datchet and Old Windsor left out of River Thames Scheme Consultation Slough Observer 10th January 2024 By Daisy Waites Residents battling flood water have said they have felt “forgotten” as whispers…
River Thames Scheme Statutory Consultation – launching 22-1-2024
The River Thames Scheme Statutory Consultation is launching on 22nd January 2024 The six-week consultation starts at 12.01am on Monday 22 January and ends at 11.59pm on Monday 4 March. In-person events…
FLOODING – EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF AREAS OF WRAYSBURY
Email received from RBWM 9/1/2023 Dear all FLOODING – EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF AREAS OF WRAYSBURY There is a high level of uncertainty around levels of flooding in Wraysbury overnight. Having held a…
Direct links to river levels
Direct links to River Levels Jubilee River level at Taplow (This gauge is upstream of the Taplow flow control structure) https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/station/7164 River Thames level at Windsor Park (This gauge is in…
Defra response to complaint
This is a letter dated 4-1-2024 that I received from Defra Thank you for your email of 26 October to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities about flood protection funding….
Short memories? Ten years on and Wraysbury flooding yet again
This is an article from the Daily Mail dated February 2014 The wrath of Wraysbury: ‘We drowned so the Gin and Jag set in Windsor and Eton could keep dry’, say residents…
Runnymede council warned over ‘significant debt’
Runnymede council warned over ‘significant debt’ after borrowing 71 times its spending power By Chris Caulfield Local Democracy Reporter 27 DEC 2023 A Surrey council has been served formal…
Surrey residents face 5% council tax rise
Surrey residents face 5% council tax hike after Government funding snub (Get Surrey – By Chris Caulfield – Local Democracy Reporter 05:30, 22 DEC 2023) Taxpayers in Surrey are likely to be…
Systemic failure’ over flood prevention
By James Moules – Local Democracy Reporting Service There has been a “prolonged and systemic failure” to help communities affected by severe flooding, a councillor has said. Ewan Larcombe criticised Royal Borough…