Regulation 19 - Proposed Draft Local Plan Submission

Object

Representation ID: 14162

Received: 21/05/2025

Respondent: Great Glen Flood Committee (GGFC)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Flood prevention and defence should be at the top of the agenda when reaching agreements with future developers regarding development in Great Glen, given flooding events since 2023.
The vast number of houses built around the village’s periphery during the last decade is the major contributing factor to this increasing problem. On the other hand, flood prevention measures included in planning conditions and Section 106 agreements would appear to be the only hope the village (Great Glen) has of securing efficient, updated defences anytime soon.
Updates to infrastructure before housing construction takes place. Flood prevention measures need to protect the whole village.

Object

Representation ID: 14164

Received: 21/05/2025

Respondent: Great Glen Flood Committee (GGFC)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Flood prevention should be a priority. Mitigation should be agreed, actually implemented and include measures to protect the community beyond the estate boundary (individual development) because; there are no plans in the pipeline for new flood defences in Great Glen, all infrastructures (sewage and drainage) are inadequate for the current size of the village, and their maintenance / repair is currently reactive. The centre of the village, in a basin, is particularly vulnerable
Developer should be required to prepare a flood risk assessment, even if development is below 400dw.

Object

Representation ID: 14165

Received: 21/05/2025

Respondent: Great Glen Flood Committee (GGFC)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

All infrastructures (in Great Glen) are inadequate for the current size of the village, let alone allowing for further developments. The sewage and drainage system in Great Glen is already beyond capacity and needs investment before another brick is laid.
We are looking to the planning authority to use developers Section 106 funds and planning conditions to fund a Great Glen capital programme for flooding and create a fund to enable regular inspections and pro-active maintenance and repair of gulleys, drains, sewers, the River Sence and Burton Brook.

Support

Representation ID: 14166

Received: 21/05/2025

Respondent: Great Glen Flood Committee (GGFC)

Every house should have soak away / SUDS and permeable materials on hard-standing areas. SUDS in a housing estate development can include permeable surfaces, swales, retention / detention basins, green roofs, rain gardens, bioretention systems, ponds / wetlands, and underground storage.
Developers need to be held accountable for; complying with planning conditions agreed at the planning stage (e.g. retention basin capacity, effectiveness) and incentivised to rectify problems which could prevent authorities from adopting infrastructure.
Thorough inspections of agreed flood prevention measures once development is complete and annual inspections of planning conditions with penalties for failure to comply are necessary.