Surface Water Management: Written statement – HCWS368
Unda share the observations and concerns as described in this Parliamentary statement on the 19th December 2017. Surface Water Management: Written statement – HCWS368 Authored by Dr Coffey Following the National Flood Resilience Review we are better prepared...
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Is Parking More Important Than Flood Risk? – Property Buying
A recent survey conducted by the Association of British Insurers has revealed that home buyers are more likely to research parking availability over the risk of flooding. Nearly 28% of those surveyed said they would check whether their house...
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River Thames Environmental Impact Assessment – June 2017
As part of the River Thames Scheme, the environment agency has published their Environmental impact assessment of June 2017. The Thames The River Thames scheme is designed to reduce the risk of flooding to homes, businesses and critical...
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The Government’s Flood Resilience Review
In late 2016 two official government reports were released; the first of which being the National Flood Resilience Review, published in September 2016. This report incorporated a review of extreme flood scenarios against existing flood model outputs, alongside a...
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After the storm – UK, post Storm Brian
The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland were subject to torrential rain and strong winds this weekend as a result of Storm Brian. Whilst not as extensive as previously feared, Storm Brian exacerbated flooding and disruption in areas that...
DetailsTaming The Flood – a new book
In Jeremy Purseglove’s newly available edition of ‘Taming the Flood’, the environmentalist reflected on harnessing nature rather than attempting to supress it, in regards to facing the environmental disasters which pose threat to us today. Purseglove, who works as...
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Do You Know if You Are in a Flood Risk Area?
According to a recent YouGov survey, near 53% of adults in the UK admit to never having checked flood risk in their area. This rose to 63% in Scotland alone, and reached 75% in Northern Ireland. Further lack of...
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Further Insurance Premium Increases for Homes at Risk of Flooding
The Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) rate has doubled in just the past few years, with its most recent increase growing from 10% to 12%. With motor, home, pet and health insurance all affected, companies warn that an average family...
DetailsDeclaring past flooding when selling a property
The recent articles (Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph) and their obvious challenges that people have when buying and selling residential and commercial properties, speaks to risks on many levels and buyer beware cannot be over emphasised. It also emphasises the...
DetailsHow to avoid a Summer Festival Flood!
Festivals are now firmly established in the summer calendar, and musical festivals are amongst the highlights. However since tickets are snapped up months in advance, we aren’t always prepared for the prospect of downpours come the summer event. Here...
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