{"id":906,"date":"2024-05-26T18:11:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T17:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=906"},"modified":"2024-05-26T18:11:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T17:11:54","slug":"so-who-is-responsible-for-flood-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=906","title":{"rendered":"So who is responsible for flood prevention?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Government guidance emphasises that <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>landowners have the primary responsibility<\/strong><\/span> for flood prevention<\/li>\n<li>all powers relating to flooding and land drainage are permissive; <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">so the various bodies involved do not have a\u00a0<em>duty\u00a0<\/em>to take action.<\/span><\/strong> They have to prioritise work\u00a0based on\u00a0need and take action using public funds when they consider it is justified to do so.\u00a0If the organisation concerned has assessed the need for flood defence work, followed the proper procedures and relevant guidance in a timely way and then reached a decision, we are unlikely to uphold a complaint, and<\/li>\n<li>it is often difficult to conclude with certainty what caused a particular incident of flooding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Link to source (Ombudsman web site)<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lgo.org.uk\/make-a-complaint\/fact-sheets\/environment-and-waste\/flooding-and-land-drainage-issues\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government guidance emphasises that landowners have the primary responsibility for flood prevention all powers relating to flooding and land drainage are permissive; so the various bodies involved do not have a\u00a0duty\u00a0to take&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-flood-prevention"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>So who is responsible for flood prevention? 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